pay-by-wave

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pay-by-wave

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21st century.

noun

  1. uncountable A contactless electronic payment technology by which a purchase is made by waving a card or mobile phone near a reader.

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"pay-by-wave." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pay-by-wave. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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pay-by-wave. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pay-by-wave

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"pay-by-wave." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pay-by-wave.

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@misc{pay_by_wave_2026,
  title = {pay-by-wave},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pay-by-wave},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}