cash in chips

[kash] Origin

cash

1[kash]
noun
1.
money in the form of coins or banknotes, especially 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.).
4.
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.

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Cash in chips is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
5.
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.
7.
cash in one's chips, Slang. to die.

Origin:
1590–1600; apparently back formation from cashier1

cash·a·ble, adjective
cash·a·bil·i·ty, noun
cash·a·ble·ness, noun
un·cashed, adjective
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Word Origin & History

cash
1593, from M.Fr. caisse "money box," from Prov. caissa, It. cassa, from L. capsa "box" (see case (2)); 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.
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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. Cash crop is attested from 1869; cash flow from 1954.
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cash in (one's) chips definition


and cash in (one's) checks
  1. tv.
    to die; to finish the game (of life). : He opened his eyes, said good-bye, and cashed in his chips. , The cowboy sighed softly and cashed in his checks.
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