adding machine

adding machine definition

☆ adding machine

a machine that automatically performs addition (and often subtraction, division, etc.) when certain keys are pressed

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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