cash

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/kæʃ/

noun 9name 5verb 3adj 1

Collocations

(noun.) money in the form of coins or notes

ADJ

hard, ready

She asked if I had any ready cash to lend her for the emergency repair.

petty

VERB + CASH

pay (in)

If you pay in cash, you don't need a credit card at the store.

hold

The shop manager decided to hold less cash in the register after the robbery.

convert/turn sth into

CASH + NOUN

desk, register | dispenser, machine | balance | book

PREP

in ~

She always keeps a small amount of cash in her wallet for emergencies.

PHRASES

cash in hand | cash in hand | cash on delivery

(noun.) money in any form

ADJ

ready, spare

hard-earned

After months of saving, she didn't want to waste her hard-earned cash on expensive coffee.

VERB + CASH

generate, raise

The school organized a bake sale last week to generate cash for the new library.

be short of, be strapped for, run out of

CASH + NOUN

holdings, reserves, resources

flow

Managing cash flow is essential for small businesses to pay their employees on time.

crop

Many developing countries rely on growing cash crops like cocoa and coffee for their economy.

economy | cow

Definitions

noun

Money in the form of notes or bills and coins, as opposed to checks, credit or electronic transactions.

After you bounced those checks last time, they want to be paid in cash.

When a man bargains for the price of maintaining such or such principles, or of endeavouring to make out such or such a case, without believing in the soundness of the principles or the truth of the case; such a man, whether he touch the cash (or paper-money) before or after the performance of his work, and whether he work with his tongue or his pen, may, I think be fairly charged with seeking after "base lucre;" […]

Liquid assets, money that can be traded quickly, as distinct from assets that are invested and cannot be easily exchanged.

Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries […].

Money.

Paying yourself first also implies that you have some understanding of your cash flow, which means that, yes, you must set a budget.

Cash register, or the counter in a business where the cash register is located.

Let me just bring these to the cash for you.

Visit Apple’s jam-packed stores and you won’t see lines at the cash — because every sales clerk is also your cashier, using cellphone card-readers to zip you through.

An instance of winning a cash prize.

In the WSOP, I have played around 150 tournaments with one final table, 11 cashes, and a -70 percent ROI.

verb

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

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.

To obtain a payout from a tournament.

adj

Great; excellent; cool.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

Antonyms

credit

Idioms & Phrases

cash in one's chips

To discontinue an activity, accepting whatever gains or losses one has incurred; to give up.

"Looks like these grandees'll have to cash in their chips and quit, but it's a darned shame."

cash up

to count the money taken by a business at the end of the day.

cold cash

Money, regarded as an incentive that can override any doubts or ethical concerns.

cash on the barrelhead

Money in the form of paper currency or coins, paid immediately at the time and place of a transaction: cash only (no credit), and at the point of sale.

"[W]e're selling, to the highest bidder, and for cash on the barrel head. . . . Cash in hand, no checks accepted."

flash for cash

Pertaining to a scam where a motorist flashes their headlights to indicate to another driver to proceed against normal give-way rules, then runs into them and sues for damages.

Example Bank

After you bounced those checks last time, they want to be paid in cash.

Wiktionary

Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries […].

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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

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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 ba

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He cashed the old souldiers, and supplied their roumes with yong beginners.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, cash is marked as informal, slang, historical, US. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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