cash

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology 1

From Middle French caisse (money box), from Provençal caissa, from Latin capsa (box, case) from capere (to take, to seize, to receive) from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (to grasp).

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Singular
cash

Plural
uncountable

cash (uncountable)

  1. Money in the form of notes/bills and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks or electronic transactions.
  2. (informal) Money.
  3. (Canadian) Cash register.
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Infinitive
to cash

Third person singular
cashes

Simple past
cashed

Past participle
cashed

Present participle
cashing

to cash (third-person singular simple present cashes, present participle cashing, simple past and past participle cashed)

  1. (transitive) To exchange (a check/cheque) for money in the form of notes/bills.
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[edit] Etymology 2

From Tamil காசு (kāsu).

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Singular
cash

Plural
cash

cash (plural cash)

  1. Any of several low-denomination coins of India or China, especially the Chinese copper coin.

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cash m. and f. (no plural, no diminutive)

  1. cash

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cash (not inflectednot comparable)

  1. (of money) In coins and bills/notes.
    • Heb je cash geld? — Do you have cash?

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[edit] French

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From English cash.

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cash

  1. (colloquial) in cash (of paying)

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  • Anagrams of achs
  • chas