ENGLISH DICTIONARY

E-wallet

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: E-wallet is a noun meaning (finance) An electronic data store for a customer's e-money, credit card details, etc.

Meaning

(finance) An electronic data store for a customer's e-money, credit card details, etc.

Example Sentences

The concept of virtual cash, and its associated counterpart, the e-Wallet or Digital Wallet became popular vocabulary in the 1990s when a number of initiatives were launched. The digital wallet, either stored on a physical medium such as a smart card of some kind […] or sitting on a server somewhere in cyberspace, began taking form.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include wallet, e-money, e-cash, ecash, e-voucher, cyberwallet.

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