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PIN

noun [C]
 
 
/pɪn/ (also PIN number)

Definition

abbreviation for personal identification number: a secret number that a person uses together with a special card to get money from their bank account from a machine outside the bankBanks and bank accounts
(Definition of PIN noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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