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Jobb Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Self-service prepaid machine
In university, students would buy something in campus, so the university releases a card (called "school card"? like "Medicare card") to students, so that they buy foods, books in campus by swiping card.) Do you know the card is called what? School card?
If the money in the card has run out of, you may want to recharge it. But you don't need to go to bank to draw money and return to your university to deposit the money into the "school card". There is a machine like automatic depositor in campus, which can transfor your money from your bank card to the "school card". The machine is called what? However, the machine is a device which can automatically recharge your "school card"
If the money in the card has run out of, you may want to recharge it. But you don't need to go to bank to draw money and return to your university to deposit the money into the "school card". There is a machine like automatic depositor in campus, which can transfor your money from your bank card to the "school card". The machine is called what? However, the machine is a device which can automatically recharge your "school card"
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We have them for the train system and the expressway system, department stores, etc. They are 'prepaid cards' or 'cash cards' here. Not by 'swiping' the card-- which is colloquial for 'stealing'-- but by 'running the card through a card...
- We have them for the train system and the expressway system, department stores, etc.
- They are 'prepaid cards' or 'cash cards' here.
- Not by 'swiping' the card-- which is colloquial for 'stealing'-- but by 'running the card through a card...
- reader', perhaps.
- My Japan Railway prepaid card I don't even have to put through a machine-- I just wave it within a few centimeters of the wicket, and the gate opens.
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We have them for the train system and the expressway system, department stores, etc. They are 'prepaid cards' or 'cash cards' here.
Not by 'swiping' the card-- which is colloquial for 'stealing'-- but by 'running the card through a card... reader', perhaps. My Japan Railway prepaid card I don't even have to put through a machine-- I just wave it within a few centimeters of the wicket,
Not by 'swiping' the card-- which is colloquial for 'stealing'-- but by 'running the card through a card... reader', perhaps. My Japan Railway prepaid card I don't even have to put through a machine-- I just wave it within a few centimeters of the wicket,
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I think "automatic cash transfer machine" is nice.
About "swiping card", the usage is first seen in USAToday's article. Please search there. For example: Swiping a card through a reading device could keep unauthorized people - out of facilities and monitor who is in a facility.
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About "swiping card", the usage is first seen in USAToday's article. Please search there. For example: Swiping a card through a reading device could keep unauthorized people - out of facilities and monitor who is in a facility.
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