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cash·ier

1   [ka-sheer]
noun
1.
an employee, as in a market or department store, who collects payments for customer purchases.
2.
an executive who has charge of money, especially one who superintends monetary transactions, as in a bank.
3.
an employee of a business establishment who keeps a record of financial transactions.
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Origin:
1570–80; < Middle French caissier custodian of a money-box (perhaps via D), equivalent to caisse money-box (< Provençal caissa < Latin capsa; see case2) + -ier -ier2

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  • Other customers scream at her cashier before jumping into their cars and tearing away from the station.
  • Those games were fun, and it's nice to walk to the cashier with a few racks.
  • She was a cashier at a grocery store, and noted what people bought with food stamps.
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cash·ier

2   [ka-sheer]
verb (used with object)
1.
to dismiss (a military officer) from service, especially with disgrace.
2.
to discard; reject.
Origin:
1570–80; < Middle Dutch kasseren < Middle French casser to break, discharge, annul < Latin quassāre to shatter; see quash
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cashier1 (kæˈʃɪə)
 
—n
1.  a person responsible for receiving payments for goods, services, etc, as in a shop
2.  Also called: teller an employee of a bank responsible for receiving deposits, cashing cheques, and other financial transactions; bank clerk
3.  any person responsible for handling cash or maintaining records of its receipt and disbursement
 
[C16: from Dutch cassier or French caissier, from casse money chest; see case²]

cashier2 (kæˈʃɪə)
 
—vb
1.  to dismiss with dishonour, esp from the armed forces
2.  rare to put away or discard; reject
 
[C16: from Middle Dutch kasseren, from Old French casser, from Latin quassāre to quash]

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cashier
"person in charge of money," 1596, from M.Fr. caissier "treasurer," from caisse "money box" (see cash).
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cashier
"dismiss," 1592, from M.Du. casseren "to cast off, discharge," from Fr. casser "to discharge, annul," from L.L. cassare "annul," from L. cassus "void, empty" (see quash).
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