ATM

Automated Teller Machine (Geld-Automat)

TRANSLATION

Geld-Automat

STATISTICS

IN THE PRESS

"Two men in Kentucky tried to pull the front off of an ATM by running a chain from the machine to the bumper of their pick-up truck. However, instead of pulling the panel off the machine, they pulled the bumper off the truck. When they fled, they left their bumper, along with their license plate still attached to the ATM."

(Bizarre News - August 2001)

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teller

Date: 14th century

1 : one that relates or communicates

2 : one that reckons or counts: as a : one appointed to count votes b : a member of a bank's staff concerned with the direct handling of money received or paid out


ATM = automated teller machine

Date: 1981

a computerized electronic machine that performs basic banking functions (as handling check deposits or issuing cash withdrawals) -- called also automatic teller, automatic teller machine    

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