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[kash] Pronunciation Key
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[kash] Pronunciation Key –noun
–verb (used with object)
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| 1. | money in the form of coins or banknotes, esp. that issued by a government. |
| 2. | money or an equivalent, as a check, paid at the time of making a purchase. |
| 3. | to give or obtain cash for (a check, money order, etc.). |
| 4. | Cards.
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| 5. | cash in,
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| 6. | cash in on, to profit from; use to one's advantage: swindlers who cash in on the credulity of the public. |
| 7. | cash in one's chips, Slang. to die. |
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cash·a·ble, adjective
cash·a·bil·i·ty, noun
cash·a·ble·ness, noun
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[kash] Pronunciation Key
[kash] Pronunciation Key –noun, plural cash.
| any of several low-denomination coins of China, India, and the East Indies, esp. a Chinese copper coin. |
[Origin: 1590–1600; < Pg caixa < Tamil kācu copper coin < Skt karṣa a weight (of precious metal)]
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Cash
[kash] Pronunciation Key
[kash] Pronunciation Key –noun
| John (Johnny), 1932–2003, U.S. country-and-western singer, musician, and composer. |
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| cash 1
(kāsh) Pronunciation Key
n.
tr.v. 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
Phrasal Verb(s): cash in
To dispose of a long-held asset for profit: Hard-pressed farmers are tempted to cash out by selling their valuable land. Idiom(s): cash on the barrelhead Immediate payment: You must pay cash on the barrelhead; we don't offer credit. [Obsolete French casse, money box (from Norman French; see case2) or from Italian cassa (from Latin capsa, case).] cash'less adj. |
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| cash 2
(kāsh) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. cash Any of various Asian coins of small denomination, especially a copper and lead coin with a square hole in its center. [Portuguese caixa, from Tamil kācu, a small coin.] |
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| Cash
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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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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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cash
1593, from M.Fr. caisse "money box," from Prov. caissa, It. cassa, from L. capsa "box" (see case), originally the money box, but the secondary sense of the money in it became sole meaning 18c. Verb meaning "to convert to cash" (as a check, etc.) is first attested 1811. Like most financial terms in Eng., ultimately from It. (cf. bankrupt, etc.). Not related to (but influencing the form of) the colonial British cash "Indian monetary system, Chinese coin, etc.," which is from Tamil kasu, Skt. karsha, Sinhalese kasi.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| cash | |
noun | |
| 1. | money in the form of bills or coins; "there is a desperate shortage of hard cash" |
| 2. | prompt payment for goods or services in currency or by check [ant: credit] |
| 3. | United States country music singer and songwriter (1932-2003) |
verb | |
| 1. | exchange for cash; "I cashed the check as soon as it arrived in the mail" |
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American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - Cite This Source - Share This
cash
In addition to the idioms beginning with cash, also see cold cash.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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Cash
Legal tender or coins that can be used in exchange goods, debt, or services. Sometimes also including the value of assets that can be converted into cash immediately, as reported by a company.
Investopedia Commentary
This usually includes bank accounts and marketable securities, such as government bonds and banker's acceptances.
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cash
- Coins and currency on hand and in checking account balances. Because cash is a nonearning asset, firms usually attempt to keep their cash balances to the minimum level required to sustain operations.
Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms for Today's Investor by David L. Scott.
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Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law - Cite This Source - Share This
Main Entry: cash
Function: noun
1 : ready money
2 : money or its equivalent (as a check) paid for goods or services at the time of purchase or delivery—cash against documents : a sight draft in exchange for a bill of ladingcash against documents>
Main Entry: cash
Function: noun
1 : ready money
2 : money or its equivalent (as a check) paid for goods or services at the time of purchase or delivery—cash against documents : a sight draft in exchange for a bill of lading
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Cash, AR (town, FIPS 11920) Location: 35.79982 N, 90.93220 W
Population (1990): 214 (95 housing units)
Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 72421
U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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Cash\, n. [F. caisse case, box, cash box, cash. See Case a box.] A place where money is kept, or where it is deposited and paid out; a money box. [Obs.] This bank is properly a general cash, where every man lodges his money. --Sir W. Temple. [pounds]20,000 are known to be in her cash. --Sir R. Winwood. 2. (Com.) (a) Ready money; especially, coin or specie; but also applied to bank notes, drafts, bonds, or any paper easily convertible into money. (b) Immediate or prompt payment in current funds; as, to sell goods for cash; to make a reduction in price for cash. Cash account (Bookkeeping), an account of money received, disbursed, and on hand. Cash boy, in large retail stores, a messenger who carries the money received by the salesman from customers to a cashier, and returns the proper change. [Colloq.] Cash credit, an account with a bank by which a person or house, having given security for repayment, draws at pleasure upon the bank to the extent of an amount agreed upon; -- called also bank credit and cash account. Cash sales, sales made for ready, money, in distinction from those on which credit is given; stocks sold, to be delivered on the day of transaction. Syn: Money; coin; specie; currency; capital.
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Cash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Casing.] To pay, or to receive, cash for; to exchange for money; as, cash a note or an order.
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Cash
Cash\, v. t. [See Cashier.] To disband. [Obs.] --Garges.
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Cash
Cash\, n.sing & pl. A Chinese coin. Note: The cash (Chinese tsien) is the only current coin made by the chinese government. It is a thin circular disk of a very base alloy of copper, with a square hole in the center. 1,000 to 1,400 cash are equivalent to a dollar.
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