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The definition of cash is currency and coins, or the money a person has on hand.

(noun)

An example of cash is having twenty three dollars and sixty eight cents in your wallet.

Cash means to exchange, give, get or convert something for coin or currency.

(verb)

An example of to cash is exchanging your casino chips for money.

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noun

money that a person actually has, including money on deposit; esp., ready money
bills and coins; currency
money or its equivalent, as a check or money order, paid at the time of purchase, as opposed to credit

Origin: MFr casse < OFr < OIt cassa < L capsa: see case

transitive verb

to give or get cash for: to cash a check
Bridge to lead and take a trick with (the highest remaining card in a suit, often, specif., an established suit)

adjective

of, for, requiring, or made with cash: a cash sale

noun pl. cash

any of several Chinese or Indian coins of small value; esp., a Chinese coin with a square hole in the center

Origin: Port caixa < Tamil kasu < Sans karṣa

Cash, Johnny 1932-2003; U.S. country music singer & composer

See cash in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

Money in the form of bills or coins; currency.
Payment for goods or services in currency or by check.

transitive verb cashed, cash·ing, cash·es

To exchange for or convert into ready money: cash a check; cash in one's gambling chips.

Phrasal Verbs: cash in To withdraw from a venture by or as if by settling one's account. Informal To obtain a profit or other advantage by timely exploitation: Profiteers cashed in during the gasoline shortage. Slang To die. cash out To dispose of a long-held asset for profit: Hard-pressed farmers are tempted to cash out by selling their valuable land.

Origin:

Origin: Obsolete French casse, money box (from Norman French; see case²)

Origin: or from Italian cassa (from Latin capsa, case)

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cashˈless adjective

noun pl. cash cash

Any of various Asian coins of small denomination, especially a copper and lead coin with a square hole in its center.

Origin:

Origin: Portuguese caixa

Origin: , from Tamil kācu, a small coin

American country and western singer and songwriter best known for his songs about poverty and the downtrodden, including “Folsom Prison Blues” (1969).

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