A vending machine selling drinks. This name for such a machine is attested since the 1890s. The concept of such a machine is centuries older (for more, see Wikipedia at vending machine § History
vending machine plural vending machines
An automatic machine that dispenses merchandise (often food or beverages) in return for payment (originally coins ; now also often paper money , credit cards , and wirelessly via digital payment apps).
Hyponyms: coffee machine soda machine Meronyms: bill acceptor card swipe change slot coin return coin slot flavor strip 1992 September 9, Trish Hall, “Vending Machines, the Next Generation in Dining”, in The New York Times [1] →ISSN It is not clear to all operators of vending machines , though, that their future lies in dispensing meals, rather than snacks or candy.
2023 July 26, Christian Wolmar, “Closing ticket offices to lead to 'catch-22' for passengers”, in RAL , number 988 , page 42 :Passengers may find themselves in a catch-22 situation, unable to buy a ticket for any number of reasons, ranging from an out-of-order ticket vending machine to a lengthy queue to use one, and yet then fall foul of the penalty fare regime.
machine that dispenses merchandise
Arabic: آلَة بَيْع f ( ʔālat bayʕ ) , آلَة بَيْع ذَاتِيّ f ( ʔālat bayʕ ḏātiyy )
Armenian: առևտրի ավտոմատ ( aṙewtri avtomat )
Belarusian: гандлёвы аўтама́т m ( handljóvy aŭtamát ) , аўтама́т m ( aŭtamát )
Bengali: ভেন্ডিং মেশিন ( bhenḍiṅ meśin )
Bulgarian: автома́т за сто́ки m ( avtomát za stóki ) , ве́ндинг автома́т m ( vénding avtomát ) , ве́ндинг маши́на m ( vénding mašína )
Catalan: màquina expenedora f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 自動售貨機 ／ 自动售货机 (zh) ( zìdòng shòuhuòjī ) , 自動販賣機 ／ 自动贩卖机 (zh) ( zìdòng fànmàijī ) , 販賣機 ／ 贩卖机 (zh) ( fànmàijī ) , 售貨機 ／ 售货机 ( shòuhuòjī )
Czech: automat (cs) m prodejní automat m
Danish: salgsautomat c
Dutch: verkoopautomaat m automaat (nl)
Esperanto: vendilo vendaŭtomato
Estonian: müügiautomaat
Finnish: myyntiautomaatti (fi)
French: distributeur automatique (fr) m distributeur (fr) m distributrice (fr) f ( Canada, Louisiana, Missouri, New England )
Galician: máquina expendedora f
German: Verkaufsautomat (de) , Automat (de) m ( colloquial )
Hebrew: אוֹטוֹמָט מְכִירָה m ( otomát mekhirá ) , מְכוֹנַת מִמְכָּר (he) f ( mekhonát mimkár )
Hindi: बिक्री मशीन f ( bikrī maśīn ) , विक्रय मशीन f ( vikray maśīn ) , वेंडिंग मशीन f ( veṇḍiṅg maśīn )
Hungarian: árusító automata automata (hu)
Icelandic: sjálfsali m
Irish: meaisín díola m
Italian: distributore automatico (it) m
Japanese: 自動販売機 (ja) ( じどうはんばいき, jidō hanbaiki ) , ( abbreviation ) 自販機 (ja) ( じはんき, jihanki ) , 発売機 ( はつばいき, hatsubaiki )
Khmer: ម៉ាស៊ីនលក់ ( maasɨn lŭək )
Korean: 자판기(自販機) (ko) ( japan'gi ) , 자동판매기(自動販賣機) (ko) ( jadongpanmaegi ) , 발매기(發賣機) ( balmaegi )
Latvian: pārdošanas automāts m
Lithuanian: vendingas m smulkių prekių automatas m
Macedonian: тр́говен автома́т m ( tŕgoven avtomát ) , ве́ндинг-автома́т m ( vénding-avtomát ) , автома́т m ( avtomát )
Malay: mesin layan diri mesin gedegang
Norwegian:
Bokmål: automat m myntautomat m
Nynorsk: automat m
Persian:
Iranian Persian: دَسْتْگاهِ فُروشِ خودْکار ( dastgâh-e foruš-e xodkâr )
Polish: automat sprzedający (pl) m automat (pl) m
Portuguese: máquina de venda automática f máquina de vender f
Romanian: automat (ro) n automat de vânzare n
Russian: торго́вый автома́т m ( torgóvyj avtomát ) , автома́т (ru) m ( avtomát )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: аутомат за продају m
Roman: automat za prodaju m
Slovak: automat m predajný automat m
Slovene: prodajni avtomat m
Spanish: máquina expendedora (es) f distribuidor automático m or f máquina (es) f vending m
Swedish: varuautomat c godisautomat c ( for machines that sell candy ) , läskautomat c ( for machines that sell soda )
Tagalog: vendo (tl) ( colloquial )
Thai: เครื่อง จำหน่าย สินค้า อัตโนมัติ ( krʉ̂ʉang jam-nàai sǐn-káa àt-dtà-noo-mát ) , เครื่อง จำหน่าย สินค้า แบบ หยอด เหรียญ ( krʉ̂ʉang jam-nàai sǐn-káa bɛ̀ɛp yɔ̀ɔt rǐian )
Turkish: satış makinesi otomat (tr)
Ukrainian: торгове́льний автома́т m ( torhovélʹnyj avtomát ) , торго́вий автома́т m ( torhóvyj avtomát ) , автома́т (uk) m ( avtomát )
Urdu: خُرْدَہ فَروش مَشِین f ( xurda faroś maśīn ) , خُود کار مَشِین f ( xūd kār maśīn ) , وینْڈِن٘گ مَشِین f ( venḍiṅg maśīn )
Vietnamese: máy bán hàng (vi) , máy bán hàng tự động
Welsh: peiriant gwerthu m
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