cashless society
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcashlessandsociety
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cashless
adjective
uk/ˈkæʃ.ləs/us/ˈkæʃ.ləs/
using or operating with credit and debit cards and electronic systems, not money in the form of coins ...
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society
noun
uk/səˈsaɪ.ə.ti/us/səˈsaɪ.ə.t̬i/
a large group of people who live together in an organized way, making decisions about how to do things and sharing the work that needs to be done. All the people in a country, or in several similar countries, can be referred to as ...
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(Definition ofcashlessandsocietyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We are certainly moving towards thecashlesssociety.
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Thecashlesssocietyis almost upon us, with all that that implies.
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Technology may be pushing us towards acashlesssociety, but there is a generation to which that will never apply.
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We are steadily going over to a morecashlesssociety.
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We are, after all, in acashlesssociety.
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Are we going to end up with that kind ofcashlesssociety, with cowboy e-commerce outfits being able to do what they want?
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I hope that we will not progress too fast towards acashlesssocietywithout realising some of the grave dangers it presents.
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It has long been theorised that, with the advent of the credit card and charge cards, we would eventually evolve into a "cashlesssociety".
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I am not against thecashlesssociety.
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We are increasingly becoming acashlesssociety.
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Finally, is there not a trend towards the increasing use of paper money and, in the long run, towards thecashlesssociety, of which we hear talk even now?
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If we repeal this provision, we shall move towards being acashlesssocietyin line with other modern societies that we should consider to be our rough equivalent.
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We live in an increasinglycashlesssociety.
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We shall inevitably have electronic mail, electronic shopping from home, the chequeless andcashlesssocietyand the electronic transfer of funds, but all that could well be impaired.
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With the advent of thecashlesssociety, the installation of computer-aided design and manufacturing, robotics and the automation of all booking systems, that shortage can only get worse.
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The march to acashlesssocietycontinues.
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