e-cash
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See also: ecash
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]- Money that is held, exchanged and represented in electronic form, and is used for transactions over the Internet.
- Synonyms: e-money, cybermoney, cybercash
- Hyponym: blind ecash
- 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
- The money came in the form of bank drafts, credit-card numbers, e-cash encryption keys, wire transfers to Crédit Suisse, and hundred-dollar bills in airmail envelopes.
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[edit]References
[edit]- OED 2001