cash

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English

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

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Noun

cash (usually uncountable, plural cashes)

  1. (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, 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;" […]
  2. (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 […] .
  3. (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.
  4. (countable, Canada) Cash register.
  5. (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.
  6. (countable, archaic) A place where money is kept, or where it is deposited and paid out; a money box.
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    • 1852, Theresa Lewis, quoting a letter from John More to Ralph Winwood, Lives of the Friends and Contemporaries of Lord Chancellor Clarendon‎[3], 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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Verb

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  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.
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Adjective

cash (comparative more cash, superlative most cash)

  1. (slang) Great; excellent; cool.

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Tamil காசு (kācu).[1]

Noun

cash (plural cashes or cash)

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

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References

  1. ^ Yule, Henry, Sir. Hobson-Jobson: A glossary of colloquial Anglo-Indian words and phrases, and of kindred terms, etymological, historical, geographical and discursive. New ed. edited by William Crooke, B.A. London: J. Murray, 1903.

Etymology 3

See cashier.

Verb

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  1. To disband.
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Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin cāseus. Compare Romanian caș.

Pronunciation

Noun

cash n (plural cãshuri)

  1. cheese

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

cash m or 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

French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English cash.

Pronunciation

Adverb

cash

  1. (colloquial) in cash (of paying)
  2. (colloquial) bluntly, directly, straight up

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