e-cash

noun

Money that is held, exchanged and represented in electronic form, and is used for transactions over the Internet.

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Meanings

noune-cash (uncountable)
  1. uncountableMoney that is held, exchanged and represented in electronic form, and is used for transactions over the Internet.

    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.

    2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections

    Synonyms: e-money, cybermoney, cybercash

Synonyms & antonyms

nounMoney that is held, exchanged and represented in electronic form, and is used for transactions over the Internet.

Similar
e-moneycybermoneycybercash
Also see
digital currencye-money

Origin

From e- + cash.

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Cite this entry
APA

e-cash. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/e-cash

MLA

“e-cash.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/e-cash. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “e-cash,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/e-cash.

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