touch in
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.91 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
to initiate an electronic ticketing process at the start of a public transport journey by holding a chipcard or a mobile device close to a terminal or reader
Intransitive verb
Example Sentences
- "Commuters have been told not to keep two contactless bank cards in their wallet as the wrong one could be charged when they touch in or out."
- "If you touch in with a local transit card, then touch out at the same station within the hour, your transit card is not charged, making it possible to visit a store or see someone off on a train cost-free."
- "Tom Page, general manager of the DLR, said at the meeting that differences in data might also come from passengers not touching in or out if they had special ticket types such as Freedom Passes."