aplasticcardwith asmallamountofmoneystoredelectronicallyon it, which can be usedinsteadofcashtopayfor things:Asmartcardbecomesanelectronicpursewhenmoneyiscreditedto thecardviaanelectronicreader.(Definition ofelectronic pursefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
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electronic purseThe following tables list smart cards used for public transportation and otherelectronicpurseapplications.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It cites as one example anelectronicpurse, in which users store relatively small amounts of money on a smart card to use for small payments.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.In fact, they can be multi-purposed to hold several sets of credentials, as well aselectronicpurse functionality, for example for use in a staff canteen.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Smart-card-basedelectronicpursesystems store funds on the card so that readers do not need network connectivity.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.But these same self-employed entrepreneurs have to deal with gigantic changes in payment systems such as the euro and theelectronicpurse.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishAs with the communications project, there may be scope to spread costs if the smart cards can be used with third parties—for instance, as anelectronicpurseaccepted by retailers.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Using smart cards and electronic purses will soon be second nature to us all.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishWe must ensure that different electronic purses and smart cards are based on interoperable standards, to prevent fragmentation of the market and the development of an anti-competitive cartel.FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - EnglishThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/electronic-purse##
