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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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| 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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| John (Johnny), 1932–2003, U.S. country-and-western singer, musician, and composer. |
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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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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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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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| 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) |
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| 1. | exchange for cash; "I cashed the check as soon as it arrived in the mail" |
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In addition to the idioms beginning with cash, also see cold cash.
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cash1 [kӕʃ] noun
coins or paper money, not cheques, credit cards etc
Example: Do you wish to pay cash?
cash2 [kӕʃ] nounExample: Do you wish to pay cash?
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payment by money or cheque as opposed to payment by account
Example: Cash or account, madam?
cash3 [kӕʃ] nounExample: Cash or account, madam?
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money in any form
Example: He has plenty of cash.
cash [kӕʃ] verbExample: He has plenty of cash.
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to turn into, or exchange for, money
Example: You may cash a traveller's cheque here; Can you cash a cheque for me?
See also: cash in, cash in on, cash register, cashier, cash machine, cash-and-carry, "cash" in any languageExample: You may cash a traveller's cheque here; Can you cash a cheque for me?
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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
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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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Cash
Cash\, v. t. [See Cashier.] To disband. [Obs.] --Garges.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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