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Meaning of touch in | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

to initiate an electronic ticketing process at the start of a public transport journey by holding a chipcard or a mobile device close to a terminal or reader

intransitive

Examples

“Commuters have been told not to keep two contactless bank cards in their wallet as the wrong one could be charged when they touch in or out.”
“If you touch in with a local transit card, then touch out at the same station within the hour, your transit card is not charged, making it possible to visit a store or see someone off on a train cost-free.”
“Tom Page, general manager of the DLR, said at the meeting that differences in data might also come from passengers not touching in or out if they had special ticket types such as Freedom Passes.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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