Cash definition
Money in the form of bills or coins; currency.
noun
Money paid in currency or by check.
Paid in cash.
noun
The definition of cash is currency and coins, or the money a person has on hand.
An example of cash is having twenty three dollars and sixty eight cents in your wallet.
noun
Liquid assets including bank deposits and marketable securities.
noun
To exchange for or convert into ready money.
Cash a check; cash in one's gambling chips.
verb
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Any of various Asian coins of small denomination, especially a copper and lead coin with a square hole in its center.
noun
Money that a person actually has, including money on deposit; esp., ready money.
noun
Bills and coins; currency.
noun
Money or its equivalent, as a check or money order, paid at the time of purchase, as opposed to credit.
noun
To give or get cash for.
To cash a check.
verb
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Of, for, requiring, or made with cash.
A cash sale.
adjective
Any of several Chinese or Indian coins of small value; esp., a Chinese coin with a square hole in the center.
noun
(person) 1932-2003; U.S. country music singer & composer.
proper name
Money in the form of notes/bills and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks or electronic transactions.
noun
Cash means to exchange, give, get or convert something for coin or currency.
An example of to cash is exchanging your casino chips for money.
verb
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(informal) Money.
noun
(Canada) Cash register.
noun
(archaic) A place where money is kept, or where it is deposited and paid out; a money box.
noun
To exchange (a check/cheque) for money in the form of notes/bills.
verb
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Any of several low-denomination coins of India or China, especially the Chinese copper coin.
noun
(bridge) To lead and take a trick with (the highest remaining card in a suit, often, specif., an established suit)
verb
cash on the barrelhead
- Immediate payment:You must pay cash on the barrelhead; we don't offer credit.
idiom
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cash in
- to exchange for cash
- to die
idiom
cash in on
- to get profit or profitable use from
idiom
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
Origin of cash
- Obsolete French casse money box (from Norman French case2) or from Italian cassa (from Latin capsa case)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- Portuguese caixa from Tamil kācu a small coin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- 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”).
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- From Tamil காசு (kāsu).
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- See cashier.
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