cash dispensing

Meanings

1. 1noununcountable

   The act of giving out money, especially from a machine or bank.

   Grammar: Used without 'a' or a plural: 'Cash dispensing is available here.'

   Patterns

   • cash dispensing from something
   • cash dispensing service
   • cash dispensing machine

   The bank offers cash dispensing at all branches.

   Cash dispensing from this machine is free.

   They installed a new cash dispensing system last week.

2. 2adjectivebefore a noun

   Relating to a machine or service that gives out money.

   Grammar: Comes before a noun: 'a cash dispensing machine'.

   Patterns

   • cash dispensing machine
   • cash dispensing service
   • cash dispensing point

   I used the cash dispensing machine outside the supermarket.

   The cash dispensing service is available 24 hours a day.

   There is a cash dispensing point near the entrance.

Common combinations

cash dispensing machine

She withdrew money from the cash dispensing machine.

cash dispensing service

The bank introduced a new cash dispensing service for customers.

cash dispensing point

The festival had several cash dispensing points for visitors.

cash dispensing fee

Some banks charge a cash dispensing fee abroad.

Synonyms and how they differ

withdrawal

Refers to the act of taking money out, not the system that gives it out.

cash machine

A common everyday term for the machine itself, not the process.

Word family

dispense verb

To give out something, especially in a formal or official way.

dispenser noun

A machine or container that gives out something, such as cash or soap.

Commonly confused: cash dispensing or cash dispenser?

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