e-wallet

noun

An electronic data store for a customer's e-money, credit card details, etc.

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digital walletonline wallet
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Meanings

e-wallet1

noune-wallet (plural e-wallets)

plural e-wallets · alternative ewallet · alternative e-Wallet

  1. businessAn electronic data store for a customer's e-money, credit card details, etc.
    1 more example

    The concept of virtual cash, and its associated counterpart, the e-Wallet or Digital Wallet became popular vocabulary in the 1990s when a number of initiatives were launched. The digital wallet, either stored on a physical medium such as a smart card of some kind […] or sitting on a server somewhere in cyberspace, began taking form.

    2002, Michael Chesher, Rukesh Kaura, Peter Linton, chapter 3, in Electronic Business & Commerce, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 53

    Synonyms: digital wallet, online wallet

e-Wallet2

noune-Wallet (plural e-Wallets)

plural e-Wallets

  1. alternativeAlternative form of e-wallet.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn electronic data store for a customer's e-money, credit card details, etc.

Similar
digital walletonline wallet
Also see
cyberwalletdigital walletonline wallet

Origin

From e- (“electronic”) + wallet.

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Translations

Catalan cartera electrònica
  • cartera electrònicaelectronic data store for e-money
Finnish digilompakko, digitaalinen lompakko
  • digilompakkoelectronic data store for e-money
  • digitaalinen lompakkoelectronic data store for e-money
French portefeuille électronique, porte-monnaie électronique
  • portefeuille électroniqueelectronic data store for e-money
  • porte-monnaie électroniqueelectronic data store for e-money
German Cyberwallet, E-Wallet
  • Cyberwalletelectronic data store for e-money
  • E-Walletelectronic data store for e-money
Italian portafoglio elettronico
  • portafoglio elettronicoelectronic data store for e-money
Portuguese carteira digital
  • carteira digitalelectronic data store for e-money
Spanish cartera digital
  • cartera digitalelectronic data store for e-money
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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