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Etymology 1[edit]
From Anglo-Norman Old French casse (“money box”), from Latin capsa (“box, case”), ultimately from capiō (“I take, I seize, I receive”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to grasp”). Doublet of case.
Noun[edit]
cash (usually uncountable, plural cashes)
- (uncountable) Money in the form of notes/bills and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks or electronic transactions.
- After you bounced those checks last time, they want to be paid in cash.
- 1810 July 13, William Cobbett, “To the Reader”, in Cobbett’s Weekly Political Register, volume XVIII, number 1, London: Printed by T[homas] C[urson] Hansard, Peterborough Court, Fleet Street; and sold by Richard Bagshaw, Brydges Street, Covent-Garden, and John Budd, Pall-Mall, published 14 July 1810, OCLC 1013264609, columns 13–14:
- When a man bargains for the price of maintaining such or such principles, or of endeavouring to make out such or such a case, without believing in the soundness of the principles or the truth of the case; such a man, whether he touch the cash (or paper-money) before or after the performance of his work, and whether he work with his tongue or his pen, may, I think be fairly charged with seeking after "base lucre;" […]
- (uncountable, finance) Liquid assets, money that can be traded quickly, as distinct from assets that are invested and cannot be easily exchanged.
- 2013 July 6, “The rise of smart beta”, in The Economist[1], volume 408, number 8843, page 68:
- Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries […] .
- (uncountable, informal) Money.
- 2017, Erin Lowry, Broke Millenial[2], page 146:
- Paying yourself first also implies that you have some understanding of your cash flow, which means that, yes, you must set a budget.
- (countable, Canada) Cash register.
- (countable, gambling) An instance of winning a cash prize.
- 2012, Jonathan Little, Secrets of Professional Tournament Poker, Volume 2:
- In the WSOP, I have played around 150 tournaments with one final table, 11 cashes, and a -70 percent ROI.
- (countable, archaic) A place where money is kept, or where it is deposited and paid out; a money box.
- 1787 [1764], Adam Anderson, quoting William Temple, An Historical And Chronological Deduction Of The Origin Of Commerce, From the Earliest Accounts[3], volume 1, page 236:
- This bank […] is properly a general cash, where every man lodges his money,
- 1852, Theresa Lewis, quoting a letter from John More to Ralph Winwood, Lives of the Friends and Contemporaries of Lord Chancellor Clarendon[4], volume 2, page 321:
- She was said to have amassed a great sum of money for ill use ; 20,000l. are known to be in her cash ;
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money in the form of notes/bills and coins
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cash (third-person singular simple present cashes, present participle cashing, simple past and past participle cashed)
- (transitive) To exchange (a check/cheque) for money in the form of notes/bills.
- (poker slang) To obtain a payout from a tournament.
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Terms derived from the verb to cash
Translations[edit]
to exchange (a check/cheque) for money
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Adjective[edit]
cash (comparative more cash, superlative most cash)
- (slang) Great; excellent; cool.
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
cash (plural cashes or cash)
- Any of several low-denomination coins of India, China, or Vietnam, especially the Chinese copper coin.
Translations[edit]
low-denomination coins of India or China
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Etymology 3[edit]
See cashier.
Verb[edit]
cash (third-person singular simple present cashes, present participle cashing, simple past and past participle cashed)
- To disband. To do away with, kill
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Garges to this entry?)
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Etymology[edit]
From Latin cāseus. Compare Romanian caș.
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cash n (plural cãshuri)
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cash m (uncountable)
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cash (invariable, not comparable)
- (informal, of money) In coins and bills/notes.
- Heb je cash geld? — Do you have cash?
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cash
- (colloquial) in cash (of paying)
- (colloquial) bluntly, directly, straight up
Further reading[edit]
- “cash” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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