cash

See also: Cash

English

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

Pronunciation

• enPR: kăsh, IPA^(key): /kæʃ/

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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 (usually uncountable, plural cashes)

1. Money in the form of notes/bills and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks or electronic transactions.
2. (informal) Money.
   • 2013 July 6, “The rise of smart beta”, The Economist, volume 408, number 8843, page 68: 

     Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.

3. (Canada) Cash register.
4. (archaic) A place where money is kept, or where it is deposited and paid out; a money box.
   • Sir W. Temple

     This bank is properly a general cash, where every man lodges his money.

   • Sir R. Winwood

     £20,000 are known to be in her cash.

Derived terms

Terms derived from cash (noun)

cashback cash box cash cow

cash flow cash on the barrelhead cash point

cash register cold cash

Translations

money in the form of notes/bills and coins

• Abkhaz: please add this translation if you can
• Albanian: para
• Arabic: نقد m (naqd), نقود m pl (nuqūd)
• Armenian: կանխիկ (kanxik), քեշ (kʿeš) (colloquial)
• Avar: please add this translation if you can
• Azeri: nağd
• Belarusian: ная́ўныя гро́шы m pl (najáŭnyja hróšy), ная́ўныя m pl (najáŭnyja), гато́ўка f (hatóŭka), гро́шы m pl (hróšy) (money)
• Bulgarian: нали́чни па́ри pl (nalíčni pári), па́ри (bg) pl (pári) (money)
• Catalan: efectiu m
• Chechen: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

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

• Crimean Tatar: aqça
• Czech: hotovost f, hotové peníze m pl, peníze (cs) m pl
• Danish: kontanter pl
• Dutch: contanten pl, cash (nl) m, baar (nl) geld (nl) n
• Estonian: sularaha
• Finnish: käteinen (fi), käteisraha (fi)
• French: espèces (fr) f pl
• Georgian: ნაღდი (naḡdi)
• German: Bargeld (de) n
• Greek: μετρητά (el) n pl (metritá), ρευστό (el) n (refstó), τοις μετρητοίς (el) (tois metritoís)
• Hebrew: מזומן (he) m (mezuman)
• Hindi: रोकड़ (rokaṛ)
• Hungarian: készpénz (hu)
• Indonesian: tunai (id)
• 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)

• Khmer: សាច់ប្រាក់ (sac prak)
• Korean: 현찰 (hyeonchal), 현금 (ko) (hyeongeum)
• Lao: ເງິນສົດ (ŋə́n sót)
• Macedonian: гото́вина f (gotóvina), па́ри pl (pári)
• Malay: tunai
• Maori: moni, moni tūturu
• Mongolian: бэлэн мөнгө (belen möngö)
• Norwegian: kontanter pl, penger (no) pl
• Oriya: ନଗଦ (or)
• Ossetian: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: نقد (fa) (naqd)
• Polish: gotówka (pl) f, pieniądze (pl) m pl (money)
• Portuguese: dinheiro (pt) m, em espécie, caixa (pt) f
• Romanian: numerar (ro) n, bani lichizi m, bani gheață (ro) m, bani
• Russian: нали́чные (ru) f pl (nalíčnyje), нали́чные де́ньги f pl (nalíčnyje dénʹgi), нали́чка (ru) f (nalíčka) (colloquial), нал (ru) m (nal) (slang), де́ньги (ru) f pl (dénʹgi) (money), кэш (ru) m (keš) (colloquial)
• Serbo-Croatian: готовина f, gotovina f
• Slovak: hotovosť f, peniaze m pl (money)
• Slovene: gotovina f
• Somali: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: efectivo (es) m
• Swedish: kontanter (sv) c
• Telugu: రొక్కం (rokkaM), కాసులు (kaasulu), క్యాష్ (kyaash^)
• Thai: เงินสด (ngern sòt)
• Turkish: nakit (tr), para (tr)
• Tuvan: бар акша (bar akša)
• Ukrainian: готі́вка f (hotívka), гро́ші m pl (hróši) (money)
• Urdu: نقد (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

• 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.

Etymology 3

See cashier.

Verb

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

1. To disband.

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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^(key): /kæʃ/

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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^(key): /kaʃ/

Adverb

cash

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

Anagrams

• chas