cash

See also Cash

English

Cash depicted in the form of coins, banknotes, and moneybags.

Pronunciation

• enPR: kăsh, IPA: /kæʃ/, X-SAMPA: /k{S/

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• Rhymes: -æʃ
• Homophone: cache

Etymology 1

From Middle French caisse (“money box”), from Old Provençal caissa, from Old Italian cassa, from Latin capsa (“box, case”), from capio (“I take, I seize, I receive”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to grasp”).

Noun

cash (uncountable)

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

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun cash

cashback cash box cash cow

cash flow cash point cash register

Translations

money in the form of notes/bills and coins

• Abkhaz: please add this translation if you can
• Albanian: para (sq)
• Arabic: نقد (ar) (naqd) m, نقود (ar) (nuquud) m pl
• Avar: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: налични пари (bg) (nalíčni pári) pl, пари (bg) (pári) pl
• Catalan: efectiu (ca) m
• Chechen: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 現錢 (cmn), 现钱 (cmn) (xiànqián), 現金 (cmn), 现金 (cmn) (xiànjīn), 現款 (cmn), 现款 (cmn) (xiànkuǎn)

• Crimean Tatar: aqça
• Czech: hotovost (cs) f
• Dutch: contanten (nl) pl, cash (nl) m, baar (nl) geld (nl) n
• Estonian: sularaha (et)
• Finnish: käteinen (fi), käteisraha (fi)
• French: espèces (fr) f pl
• Georgian: ნაღდი (ka) (naḡdi)
• German: Bargeld (de) n
• Greek: μετρητά (el) (metritá) n pl, ρευστό (el) (refstó) n, τοις μετρητοίς (el) (tis metritís)
• Hebrew: מזומן (he) (mezuman) m
• Hindi: रोकड़ (hi) (rokaṛ)
• Hungarian: készpénz (hu)
• Italian: contanti (it) m pl, liquidi (it) m pl
• Japanese: 現金 (ja) (げんきん, genkin), キャッシュ (ja) (kyasshu)

• Korean: 현찰 (ko) (hyeonchal), 현금 (ko) (hyeongeum)
• Macedonian: готовина (mk) (gotóvina) f, пари (mk) (pari) (pari)
• Maori: moni (mi)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: kontanter (no) pl, penger (no) pl
• Oriya: ନଗଦ (or)
• Ossetian: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: نقد (fa) (naqd)
• Polish: gotówka (pl) f
• Portuguese: dinheiro (pt) m, em espécie (pt)
• Romanian: numerar (ro) n, bani lichizi (ro) m, bani gheață (ro) m, bani (ro)
• Russian: наличные (ru) (nalíčnyje) f pl, наличные деньги (ru) (nalíčnyje dén’gi) f pl, (colloquial) наличка (ru) (nalíčka) f
• Serbo-Croatian: gotovina (sh) f
• Slovak: hotovosť (sk)
• Slovene: gotovina f uncountable
• Somali: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: efectivo (es) m
• Swedish: kontanter (sv) c
• Telugu: రొక్కం (rokkaM), కాసులు (kaasulu), క్యాష్ (kyaash^)
• Turkish: nakit (tr), para (tr)
• Tuvan: бар акша (bar akša)
• Urdu: نقد (ur) (naqad)
• Yoruba: please add this translation if you can

Verb

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.
2. (poker slang) To obtain a payout from a tournament.

Derived terms

Terms derived from the verb to cash

cash in cash in on

cash out cash up in cash

Translations

to exchange (a check/cheque) for money

• Bulgarian: осребрявам (bg) (osrebrjavam)
• Dutch: innen (nl)
• Finnish: lunastaa (fi)

• French: encaisser (fr)
• Russian: обналичивать (obnalíčivat') impf., обналичить (obnalíčit') pf.
• Slovene: vnovčiti

Etymology 2

From Tamil காசு (kāsu).

Noun

cash (plural cash)

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

Anagrams

• achs, cahs, Chas

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

• cashu

Etymology

From Latin cāseus. Compare Daco-Romanian caș.

Noun

cash

1. cheese

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kæʃ/

Noun

cash m, f (uncountable)

1. cash

Adjective

cash (invariable, not comparable)

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

Synonyms

• baar

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French

Etymology

From English cash.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kaʃ/

Adverb

cash

1. (colloquial) in cash (of paying)
2. (colloquial) straight up (abruptly)

Anagrams

• chas