student loan

n.

Loan offered to students to assist in payment of the costs of professional education.

Student loans usually carry lower interests than other loans, and are usually issued by the government. Often they are supplemented by student grants which do not have to be repaid.

ATM

n. (abbr.)

Short for automated (or automatic) teller machine.

An unattended electronic machine in a public place, connected to a data system and related equipment and activated by a bank customer to obtain cash withdrawals and other banking services.

Synonym:

automated teller, automatic teller, automated teller machine, automatic teller machine, cash dispenser, cash machine.

cash register

n.

A machine that tabulates the amount of sales transactions, makes a permanent and cumulative record of them, and has a drawer in which cash can be kept.

Also called a till.