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au·to·mat

(ô′tə-măt′)

A cafeteria or restaurant in which food is dispensed from vending machines.

[Originally a trademark.]

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automat

(ˈɔːtəˌmæt)

1. (General Engineering) Also called: vending machine a machine that automatically dispenses goods, such as cigarettes, when money is inserted

2. chiefly US an area or room, sometimes having restaurant facilities, where food and other goods are supplied from vending machines

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Noun	1.	automat - a vending machine from which you can get food vending machine - a slot machine for selling goods
	2.	automat - a cafeteria where food is served from machines cafeteria - a restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier

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automat

[ˈɔːtəmæt] N

1. (Brit) → máquina f expendedora

2. (US) → restaurante m de autoservicio

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automat

[ˈɔːtəmæt] n

(= vending machine) → distributeur m (automatique)

(US) (= place) → cafétéria f avec distributeurs automatiques

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automat

n (US) → Automatenrestaurant nt

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automat

[ˈɔːtəˌmæt] n (vending machine) → distributore m automatico (Am) (room) tavola calda fornita esclusivamente di distributori automatici

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The contract would cover solutions and IT operating services in the areas of deposit products, credit and lending, payment services, card and self-service automats, accounting and reporting, customer dialogue and account management, and Internet banking for the retail and corporate markets, as well as printing services for customer information.

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As 16-year-old Hilary searched for work, the pair lived frugally - haunting coffee shops and eating from automats. For a while, it looked as though her Hollywood dream was turning into a nightmare.

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Waking my mother, he strokes her gray curls, murmuring about trips they'll take, to automats, diners, lighthouses.

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Diesel is 114.7p/ litre at Asda Sefton Park and Walton Automats and Bromborough.