card-reader

card-reader (plural card-readers)

1. Alternative form of card reader.
   • 2016 July 14, Matt Assad, “For shame! A new effort to stop underage gamblers”, in The Morning Call, page NEWS 4, column 3:

     Those under 21 who make it to the casino floor can be charged if they’re caught ordering a drink or gambling. A few sneak around the barriers and some have fake IDs so good they beat even the newest card-readers.

   • 2016 August 12, “Give new parking rates a chance, with tweaks”, in Journal North (an edition of the Albuquerque Journal), page 4, columns 3–4:

     Expecting drivers to have handfuls of change for meter parking is too onerous a step in the effort to push motorists to the lots and garages, and failure to have card-readers for all meters by now was bad planning on the city’s part.

   • 2016 September 25, Russell Grantham, “Chip credit cards tough switch for many”, in The Sun News, volume 66, number 269, page 3D, column 2:

     Stuck in the middle are customers like Spencer Martinez, who wonder what to do when it comes time to pay for their purchases: swipe (for the traditional card-readers) or insert (for chip card terminals).

   • 2017 March 4, Associated Press, “Police: Teenagers found with credit card skimmers”, in Pensacola News Journal, page 4A, column 6:

     Martin says criminals install skimmers inside ATMs or card-readers on gas pumps, where they record information.

   • 2017 December 30, Josh Freed, “Just you wait — technology might be the end of the line”, in Montreal Gazette, page A4, column 2:

     Visit Apple’s jam-packed stores and you won’t see lines at the cash — because every sales clerk is also your cashier, using cellphone card-readers to zip you through.

   • 2018 September 18, Michael Goot, “Diamond Point Beach regulations adopted”, in The Post-Star, volume 114, number 307, page A3:

     Town officers had talked about putting in an electronic card-reader, but Dickinson dropped that idea because of the cost.

   • 2018 October 29, Amber Aldaco, “Should the U.S. invest more in space exploration?”, in Victoria Advocate, volume 173, number 175, page A6, column 1:

     Even card-readers use technology that was invented from the space missions, he said, along with meals ready to eat, or MREs, which are now used for soldiers.

   • 2019 July 4, Christian Vosler, “Improvements suspend ferry service”, in Kitsap Sun, volume 83, number 355, page 1A, column 4:

     Workers will also be installing digital monitors and ORCA card-readers ahead of the facility’s expected opening on July 29.

   • 2019 November 25, Thomas B. Langhorne, “Official: Mistrust isn’t enough”, in Evansville Courier & Press, volume 175, number 323, page 3A, column 1:

     The technician reportedly used a microchip card-reader that didn’t have the storage capacity to hold the total number of early votes cast.

   • 2021 June 1, Josh Moyer, “New Amish farmers market coming to Centre County”, in Centre Daily Times, volume 133, number 51, page 2A, column 6:

     (He said he is considering other payment options; it’s possible a non-Amish person could operate a card-reader in the future, for example.)