contactless

adjective

con·tact·less ˈkän-ˌtakt-ləs

: not involving contact: such as

: not requiring touching or interaction between people

contactless meal delivery

… many retailers and restaurants have rolled out home delivery along with contactless options, leaving food orders and grocery deliveries on door steps.—

Dawson White

: relating to or being a technological system (as for making payments) where information is transmitted over short distances (as by near field communication) without physical contact

… hold your phone in front of the contactless payment scanner to authorize the purchase.—

Robert Patrick

Contactless payment cards are not in wide circulation. Instead, consumers are increasingly making electronic payments with their cellular phones …—

Chad Bray and Reuben Kyama

Examples of contactless in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Modern devices and other items that utilize this technology range from simple, everyday objects like passports and contactless credit cards to larger-scale situations in healthcare, inventory tracking, and more. —

Kelsey Chapman, ABC News, 10 May 2024 Customers are also using contactless payments for smaller transactions like a pint, says Kate Nicholls, CEO of the trade body UK Hospitality. —

Anthony Palazzo, Fortune Europe, 10 May 2024 The service model was developed to reduce labor expenses and ensure food freshness, but when the pandemic hit, it was ideally suited to the contactless service that COVID-19 required. —

Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2024 However, the technical glitch has also affected the contactless payment system across all of its locations. —

Eva Rothenberg, CNN, 16 Mar. 2024 The change was partially in response to the end of the pandemic, during which customers preferred a contactless option, the company said. —

Rob Wile, NBC News, 15 Mar. 2024 The barista will hand the beverage back in a contactless vessel, Starbucks said. —

Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2024 In the European Economic Area the update also allows third-party developers to use the iPhone’s NFC features to offer contactless payments, following an antitrust investigation by European Union regulators. —

Jon Porter, The Verge, 6 Mar. 2024 Pak said the company is looking into features such as contactless payment, glucose monitoring and blood pressure sensing through wearable devices, CNBC reported. —

Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2024

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