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

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Unlike more basic fitness trackers, this stylish smartwatch also offers handy smart features, including contactless payments and third-party apps. —

Cierra Cowan, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024 Card-present growth was aided by an increase in contactless payments, which now represent 70% of all in-person transactions. —

Bill Hardekopf, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024 Plus, unlike more basic fitness trackers, this smartwatch offers handy smart features, including contactless payments and third-party apps. —

Cierra Cowan, PCMAG, 8 Oct. 2024 Modern credit and debit cards use radio-frequency identification (RFID) for contactless payment, and with the right device, thieves can scrape private information off of them without having the card in hand. —

Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 8 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for contactless