"EMV" meaning in English

See EMV in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: Originally an initialism for "Europay, Mastercard, Visa", the three companies that created the standard. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} EMV
  1. (finance) A payment method based upon a technical standard for smart payment cards and the terminals and ATMs that can accept them.
    Sense id: en-EMV-en-name-h8~3X45R Categories (other): Finance, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5 Topics: business, finance
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: EMVs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} EMV (plural EMVs)
  1. (business) Initialism of expected monetary value. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: expected monetary value
    Sense id: en-EMV-en-noun-7PdZBrMk Categories (other): Business Topics: business
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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