contactless
contactless — adjective
- contactlesspositive
- more contactlesscomparative
- most contactlesssuperlative
1. used for a way of paying where you hold a card, phone, or watch near a reader in
used for a way of paying where you hold a card, phone, or watch near a reader instead of putting it into the machine
Maeve used her contactless card to buy coffee before work.
collocation: contactless card
At the station, Gabriel made a contactless payment for his train ticket.
collocation: contactless payment
The bakery's contactless reader stopped working during the lunch rush.
Only contactless payments were allowed at the food stalls tonight.
When Imran forgot his wallet, he paid for lunch with his contactless watch.
- tap-to-pay
more informal and consumer-facing; often names the feature or action rather than describing the card or reader itself
- NFC-enabled
more technical; used for devices that support the short-range technology behind many contactless payments
- chip-and-PIN
requires inserting the card and entering a code instead of tapping near the reader
用法筆記
Usually modifies nouns such as card, payment, reader, or watch. In everyday use it most often describes paying by tapping a card, phone, or wearable near a machine.