card-reader
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.26 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "Those under 21 who make it to the casino floor can be charged if they’re caught ordering a drink or gambling. A few sneak around the barriers and some have fake IDs so good they beat even the newest card-readers."
- "Expecting drivers to have handfuls of change for meter parking is too onerous a step in the effort to push motorists to the lots and garages, and failure to have card-readers for all meters by now was bad planning on the city’s part."
- "Stuck in the middle are customers like Spencer Martinez, who wonder what to do when it comes time to pay for their purchases: swipe (for the traditional card-readers) or insert (for chip card terminals)."
- "Martin says criminals install skimmers inside ATMs or card-readers on gas pumps, where they record information."
- "Visit Apple’s jam-packed stores and you won’t see lines at the cash — because every sales clerk is also your cashier, using cellphone card-readers to zip you through."
- "Town officers had talked about putting in an electronic card-reader, but Dickinson dropped that idea because of the cost."