Cash Definition

kăsh

cashed, cashes, cashing

noun

Bills and coins; currency.

Webster's New World

Money that a person actually has, including money on deposit; esp., ready money.

Webster's New World

Money or its equivalent, as a check or money order, paid at the time of purchase, as opposed to credit.

Webster's New World

Any of several Chinese or Indian coins of small value; esp., a Chinese coin with a square hole in the center.

Webster's New World

(Canada) Cash register.

Wiktionary

Synonyms:

Synonyms:
hard currency
hard cash
johnny cash
John Cash
immediate payment
bail
refund
reimbursement
moneys
treasure
reserve
security
pledge
riches
savings

Antonyms:

Antonyms:
credit

verb

cashed, cashes, cashing

To exchange for or convert into ready money.

Cash a check; cash in one's gambling chips.

American Heritage

To give or get cash for.

To cash a check.

Webster's New World

To lead and take a trick with (the highest remaining card in a suit, often, specif., an established suit)

Webster's New World

To exchange (a check/cheque) for money in the form of notes/bills.

Wiktionary

(poker slang) To obtain a payout from a tournament.

Wiktionary

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adjective

Of, for, requiring, or made with cash.

A cash sale.

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

Synonyms:
pay-as-you-go

pronoun

A surname.

Wiktionary

idiom

cash on the barrelhead

Immediate payment:
You must pay cash on the barrelhead; we don't offer credit.

American Heritage

cash in

to exchange for cash
to die

Webster's New World

cash in on

to get profit or profitable use from

Webster's New World

cash out

cash in
to sell a stock, bond, property, etc. and convert the value into cash

Webster's New World

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Cash

Origin of Cash

From Middle French caisse (“money box”), from Old Provençal caissa, from Old Italian cassa, from Latin capsa (“box, case”), from capio (“I take, I seize, I receive”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“to grasp”).

From Wiktionary
Obsolete French casse money box (from Norman French case²) or from Italian cassa (from Latin capsa case)

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Portuguese caixa from Tamil kācu a small coin

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Tamil காசு (kāsu).

From Wiktionary
See cashier.

From Wiktionary