"cash machine" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: cash machines [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cash machine (plural cash machines)
  1. (banking) Synonym of automated teller machine. Wikidata QID: Q81235 Synonyms: automated teller machine [synonym, synonym-of] Related terms: cash advance, cash money, cash-strapped
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  2. (figurative) Any person or thing alleged to be an easy source of cash. Tags: figuratively Synonyms: money bag
    Sense id: en-cash_machine-en-noun-en:any_allegedly_easy_source_of_cash__figuratively
  3. (figurative) Any person or thing alleged to be an easy source of cash.
    (business) A business perceived as reliably generating good cash flow and profit.
    Tags: figuratively Synonyms: money bag
    Sense id: en-cash_machine-en-noun-en:any_allegedly_easy_source_of_cash__figuratively1 Categories (other): Business Topics: business

Inflected forms

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