ATM

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See also: a.t.m., atm, and atm.

English

Noun

ATM (countable and uncountable, plural ATMs)

  1. (banking) Initialism of automated teller machine or initialism of automatic teller machine.
  2. (slang, by extension) Any source of a large amount of money.
    • 2007, Alex Padilla, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      Too often California is relegated to serving as the nation’s political ATM.
  3. (computing) Initialism of Adobe Type Manager.
  4. (telecommunications, electronics) Initialism of asynchronous transfer mode.
  5. (transport) Initialism of active traffic management.
  6. (transport) Initialism of advanced traffic management.
  7. (transport) Initialism of air traffic management.
  8. (transport) Initialism of available ton mile.
  9. (pornography, vulgar) Initialism of ass to mouth.
    Synonym: A2M
  10. (astronomy) Initialism of amateur telescope maker.
  11. (business) Initialism of at the market, see at-the-market offering.

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Phrase

ATM

  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of at the moment.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English ATM. Pronounced like in English.

Noun

ATM m (plural ATM's, diminutive ATM'etje n)

  1. (chiefly Belgium) automated teller machine
    Synonyms: geldautomaat, (Netherlands) flappentap

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Noun

ATM (first-person possessive ATMku, second-person possessive ATMmu, third-person possessive ATMnya)

  1. (banking) Initialism of anjungan tunai mandiri (automated teller machine).
  2. (computing) Initialism of asynchronous transfer mode.
  3. Initialism of alat tenun mesin.

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Japanese

Etymology

From English ATM, an initialism of automated teller machine.

Pronunciation

Noun

ATM(エーティーエム) (ētīemu

  1. ATM, cash machine
    (ぎん)(こう)A(エー)T(ティー)M(エム)からお(かね)()()しました(()ろしました)。
    Ginkō no ētīemu kara o-kane o hikidashi mashita (oroshi mashita).
    I withdrew money from an ATM.

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN