e-cash en · NOUN
Etymology
From e- + cash.
Meanings
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(uncountable) Money that is held, exchanged and represented in electronic form, and is used for transactions over the Internet.
The money came in the form of bank drafts, credit-card numbers, e-cash encryption keys, wire transfers to Crédit Suisse, and hundred-dollar bills in airmail envelopes.
2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
Relateds
cybercurrency · cryptocurrency · e-wallet · crypto · e-payment