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Cash
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- 1 Great; excellent; cool. slang
- 1 A surname originating as an occupation. countable, uncountable
- 2 A male given name transferred from the surname. countable, uncountable
"This ill-chosen subplot also means that Kingsolver must make Cash Stillwater (named for his mother's favorite singer, Johnny Cash) more than just a returning widower."
- 3 A number of places in the United States:; A minor city in Craighead County, Arkansas; a corruption of Cache River. countable, uncountable
- 4 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Gordon County, Georgia, named after a sign "Cash or nothing". countable, uncountable
- 5 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Hart County, Kentucky, named after a postmaster. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A number of places in the United States:; A locale in Watertown Township, Sanilac County, Michigan, named after Edward Cash. countable, uncountable
- 7 A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, named after Col. E. B. Cash. countable, uncountable
- 8 A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Hunt County, Texas, named Cash after the name 'Money' was rejected by the Post Office. countable, uncountable
- 1 Money in the form of notes or bills and coins, as opposed to checks, credit or electronic transactions. uncountable, usually
"After you bounced those checks last time, they want to be paid in cash."
- 2 The low-denomination coin of southern India until 1818. historical
- 3 Acronym of calcium aluminium silicate hydrate. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- 4 prompt payment for goods or services in currency or by check wordnet
- 5 Liquid assets, money that can be traded quickly, as distinct from assets that are invested and cannot be easily exchanged. uncountable, usually
"Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries […]."
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- 6 Any of several similar coins in Southeast and East Asia, particularly the imperial Chinese copper coin. historical
"Shentzŭ is the Chinese name for what we would call a mule litter. As this conveyance can go over almost any kind of road, I decided on it, and engaged two mules for the litter, and a donkey for the baggage: the three animals with the shentzŭ and a man cost 1300 cash per day when we travelled, and 700 cash per day when we rested from any cause."
- 7 Acronym of Centers for Agricultural Safety and Health. US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
- 8 money in the form of bills or coins wordnet
- 9 Money. informal, uncountable, usually
"Paying yourself first also implies that you have some understanding of your cash flow, which means that, yes, you must set a budget."
- 10 Cash register, or the counter in a business where the cash register is located. Canada, countable, usually
"Let me just bring these to the cash for you."
- 11 An instance of winning a cash prize. countable, usually
"In the WSOP, I have played around 150 tournaments with one final table, 11 cashes, and a -70 percent ROI."
- 12 A place where money is kept, or where it is deposited and paid out; a money box. archaic, countable, usually
"This bank[…] is properly a general cash, where every man lodges his money,"
- 1 To exchange (a check/cheque) for money in the form of notes/bills. transitive
"My single "Lick and Move" had made it to number four on the Top Ten charts, and I had gotten a nice check from Ruthless Rap. I cashed that shit and took Muddah shopping in Midtown and told her to get any damn thing she wanted."
- 2 To disband. To do away with, to kill.
"He cashed the old souldiers, and supplied their roumes with yong beginners."
- 3 exchange for cash wordnet
- 4 To obtain a payout from a tournament. slang
Etymology
From late Middle French caisse (“money-box”), itself borrowed from Occitan caissa, from Latin capsa (“box”), ultimately from capiō (“take, seize”), from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“grasp”). Doublet of case, chase, and chasse. Compare Spanish caja (“box”).
From late Middle French caisse (“money-box”), itself borrowed from Occitan caissa, from Latin capsa (“box”), ultimately from capiō (“take, seize”), from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“grasp”). Doublet of case, chase, and chasse. Compare Spanish caja (“box”).
From late Middle French caisse (“money-box”), itself borrowed from Occitan caissa, from Latin capsa (“box”), ultimately from capiō (“take, seize”), from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“grasp”). Doublet of case, chase, and chasse. Compare Spanish caja (“box”).
Variant of earlier cass under influence from cash above, from Tamil காசு (kācu), ultimately from Sanskrit karsha ("weight of 1/400 tulā, तुला"). Extended to other similar forms of low-denomination coins in Southeast and East Asia following the example of cognate Portuguese cas, casse, caxa, caixa.
See cashier.
Variant of Case. In the US adopted by German immigrants named Kirch and Kirsch.
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