card-reader

plural card-readers

1. alternativeAlternative form of card reader.

   Martin says criminals install skimmers inside ATMs or card-readers on gas pumps, where they record information.

   2017 March 4, Associated Press, “Police: Teenagers found with credit card skimmers”, in Pensacola News Journal, page 4A, column 6

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   Those under 21 who make it to the casino floor can be charged if they’re caught ordering a drink or gambling. A few sneak around the barriers and some have fake IDs so good they beat even the newest card-readers.

   2016 July 14, Matt Assad, “For shame! A new effort to stop underage gamblers”, in The Morning Call, page NEWS 4, column 3

   Expecting drivers to have handfuls of change for meter parking is too onerous a step in the effort to push motorists to the lots and garages, and failure to have card-readers for all meters by now was bad planning on the city’s part.

   2016 August 12, “Give new parking rates a chance, with tweaks”, in Journal North (an edition of the Albuquerque Journal), page 4, columns 3–4

   Stuck in the middle are customers like Spencer Martinez, who wonder what to do when it comes time to pay for their purchases: swipe (for the traditional card-readers) or insert (for chip card terminals).

   2016 September 25, Russell Grantham, “Chip credit cards tough switch for many”, in The Sun News, volume 66, number 269, page 3D, column 2

   Visit Apple’s jam-packed stores and you won’t see lines at the cash — because every sales clerk is also your cashier, using cellphone card-readers to zip you through.

   2017 December 30, Josh Freed, “Just you wait — technology might be the end of the line”, in Montreal Gazette, page A4, column 2

   Town officers had talked about putting in an electronic card-reader, but Dickinson dropped that idea because of the cost.

   2018 September 18, Michael Goot, “Diamond Point Beach regulations adopted”, in The Post-Star, volume 114, number 307, page A3