cash

English

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

Pronunciation

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

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• Rhymes: -æʃ
• Homophone: cache

Etymology 1

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

Albanian: para (sq) Arabic: نقد (ar) (naqd) m., نقود (ar) (nuquud) m. pl. Bulgarian: налични пари (bg) (nalíčni pári) pl., пари (bg) (pári) pl. Catalan: efectiu (ca) m. 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 Croatian: gotovina (hr) f. Czech: hotovost (cs) f. Dutch: contanten (nl) pl., cash (nl) m., baar (nl) geld (nl) n. Estonian: sularaha (et) Finnish: käteinen (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: नक़द (hi) (naqad) 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) Maori: moni (mi) Norwegian: kontanter (no) pl., penger (no) pl. Oriya: ନଗଦ (or) 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. Serbian: gotovina (sr) f. Slovene: gotovina f. uncountable Spanish: efectivo (es) m. Swedish: kontanter (sv) c. Telugu: రొక్కం (rokkaM), కాసులు (kaasulu), క్యాష్ (kyaash^) Turkish: nakit (tr), para (tr) Urdu: نقد (ur) (naqad)

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.

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) Dutch: innen (nl) Finnish: lunastaa (fi)

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

Etymology

From Latin cāseus. Compare Daco-Romanian caș.

Noun

cash

1. cheese

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kæʃ/

Noun

cash m. and f. (uncountable)

1. cash

Adjective

cash (not comparable)

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

Declension

Declension of cash

		positive	comparative	superlative
				attributive	predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial		cash	—
neuter singular	indefinite	cash	—
	definite	cash	—	—	—
common singular		cash	—	—	—
plural		cash	—	—	—
partitive		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