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[kash] Pronunciation Key

–noun

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.

–verb (used with object)

3.	to give or obtain cash for (a check, money order, etc.).

Cards.

a.	to win (a trick) by leading an assured winner.

b.	to lead (an assured winner) in order to win a trick: He cashed his ace and led the queen.

—Verb phrases

cash in,

a.	to turn in and get cash for (one's chips), as in a gambling casino.

b.	to end or withdraw from a business agreement; convert one's assets into cash.

c.	Slang. to die: After her parents cashed in, she lived with her grandmother.

6.	cash in on, to profit from; use to one's advantage: swindlers who cash in on the credulity of the public.

—Idiom

7.	cash in one's chips, Slang. to die.

[Origin: 1590–1600; appar. back formation from cashier¹

]

—Related forms

cash·a·ble, adjective

cash·a·bil·i·ty, noun

cash·a·ble·ness, noun

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cash2

[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

–noun

John (Johnny

), 1932–2003, U.S. country-and-western singer, musician, and composer.

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cash¹ (kāsh) Pronunciation Key
n.

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

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

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.

Phrasal Verb(s):
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.

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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cash² (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 (kāsh) Pronunciation Key
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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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.

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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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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 requiredto 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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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 ordelivery—cash against documents : a sight draft in exchange for a bill of lading <agree that the buyer will pay cash against documents>

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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

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Cash

Case\ (k[=a]s), n. [OF. casse, F. caisse (cf. It. cassa), fr. L. capsa chest, box, case, fr. capere to take, hold. See Capacious, and cf. 4th Chase, Cash, Enchase, 3d Sash.]

1. A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cover) for a book.

2. A box and its contents; the quantity contained in a box; as, a case of goods; a case of instruments.

3. (Print.) A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type.

Note: Cases for type are usually arranged in sets of two, called respectively the upper and the lower case. The upper case contains capitals, small capitals, accented and marked letters, fractions, and marks of reference: the lower case contains the small letters, figures, marks of punctuation, quadrats, and spaces.

4. An inclosing frame; a casing; as, a door case; a window case.

5. (Mining) A small fissure which admits water to the workings. --Knight.

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Cash

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

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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