English
cash
see also: Cash
Pronunciation Noun

cash (uncountable)

  1. (uncountable) Money in the form of notes/bills and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks or electronic transactions.
    After you bounced those checks last time, they want to be paid in cash.
  2. (uncountable, finance) Liquid assets, money that can be traded quickly, as distinct from assets that are invested and cannot be easily exchanged.
  3. (uncountable, informal) Money.
  4. (countable, Canada) Cash register.
  5. (countable, gambling) An instance of winning a cash prize.
  6. (countable, archaic) A place where money is kept, or where it is deposited and paid out; a money box.
Translations Verb

cash (cashes, present participle cashing; past and past participle cashed)

  1. (transitive) To exchange (a check/cheque) for money in the form of notes/bills.
  2. (poker slang) To obtain a payout from a tournament.
Translations Adjective

cash

  1. (slang) Great; excellent; cool.
Noun

cash (plural cashes or cash)

  1. Any of several low-denomination coins of India, China, or Vietnam, especially the Chinese copper coin.
Verb

cash (cashes, present participle cashing; past and past participle cashed)

  1. To disband. To do away with, kill
Cash
Proper noun
  1. Surname
  2. A male given name.
    • 2014 Linda Wagner-Martin, Barbara Kingsolver's World: Nature, Art, and the Twenty-First Century ISBN 162356736X:
      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.


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