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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CASH, n. Money; primarily, ready money, money in chest or on hand, in bank or at command. It is properly silver and gold; but since the institution of banks, it denotes also bank notes equivalent to money. To pay in cash is opposed to payment in goods, commodities, or labor, as in barter.
CASH, v.t.
1. To turn into money, or to exchange for money; as, to cash a note or an order.
2. To pay money for; as, the clerks of a bank cash notes when presented.
CASH, v.t. To discard.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: money in the form of bills or coins; "there is a desperate shortage of hard cash" [syn: cash, hard cash, hard currency]
2: prompt payment for goods or services in currency or by check [syn: cash, immediate payment] [ant: credit, deferred payment]
3: United States country music singer and songwriter (1932-2003) [syn: Cash, Johnny Cash, John Cash] v
1: exchange for cash; "I cashed the check as soon as it arrived in the mail" [syn: cash, cash in]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: modification of Middle French or Old Italian; Middle French casse money box, from Old Italian cassa, from Latin capsa chest — more at case Date: 1593 1. ready money 2. money or its equivalent (as a check) paid for goods or services at the time of purchase or delivery II. adjective Date: 1622 being a method of accounting that includes as income only what has been received and as expenses only those paid — compare accrual III. transitive verb Date: 1811 1. to pay or obtain cash for <cash a check> 2. to lead and win a bridge trick with (a card that is the highest remaining card of its suit) • cashable adjective IV. noun (plural cash) Etymology: Portuguese caixa, from Tamil k?cu, a small copper coin, from Sanskrit kar?a, a weight of gold or silver Date: 1598 1. any of various coins of small value in China and southern India; especially a Chinese coin with a square hole in the center 2. a unit of value equivalent to one cash

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. & v. --n. 1 money in coins or notes, as distinct from cheques or orders. 2 (also cash down) money paid as full payment at the time of purchase, as distinct from credit. 3 colloq. wealth. --v.tr. give or obtain cash for (a note, cheque, etc.). Phrases and idioms: cash and carry 1 a system of wholesaling in which goods are paid for in cash and taken away by the purchaser. 2 a store where this system operates. cash-book a book in which receipts and payments of cash are recorded. cash crop a crop produced for sale, not for use as food etc. cash desk a counter or compartment in a shop where goods are paid for. cash dispenser an automatic machine from which customers of a bank etc. may withdraw cash, esp. by using a cashcard. cash flow the movement of money into and out of a business, as a measure of profitability, or as affecting liquidity. cash in 1 obtain cash for. 2 colloq. (usu. foll. by on) profit (from); take advantage (of). 3 pay into a bank etc. 4 (in full cash in one's checks) colloq. die. cash on delivery a system of paying the carrier for goods when they are delivered. cash register a machine in a shop etc. with a drawer for money, recording the amount of each sale, totalling receipts, etc. cash up Brit. count and check cash takings at the end of a day's trading. Derivatives: cashable adj. cashless adj. Etymology: obs. F casse box or It. cassa f. L capsa CASE(2) 2. n. (pl. same) hist. any of various small coins of China or the E. Indies. Etymology: ult. f. Port. ca(i)xa f. Tamil kasu f. Skr. karsha

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cash Cash, v. t. [See Cashier.] To disband. [Obs.] --Garges.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cash Cash, n.sing & pl. A Chinese coin. Note: The cash (Chinese tsien) is the only current coin made by the chinese government. It is a thin circular disk of a very base alloy of copper, with a square hole in the center. 1,000 to 1,400 cash are equivalent to a dollar.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(cashes, cashing, cashed) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Cash is money in the form of notes and coins rather than cheques. ...two thousand pounds in cash. see also hard cash, petty cash 2. Cash means the same as money, especially money which is immediately available. (INFORMAL) ...a state-owned financial-services group with plenty of cash. = money N-UNCOUNT 3. If you cash a cheque, you exchange it at a bank for the amount of money that it is worth. There are similar charges if you want to cash a cheque at a branch other than your own. VERB: V n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. 1. Coin, specie. 2. Money, ready money. II. v. a. Turn into money, pay in money.

Moby Thesaurus

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