cash
Money in the form of notes or bills and coins, as opposed to checks, credit or…Money in the form of notes or bills and coins, as opposed to checks, credit or electronic transactions.
» I'd like to pay in cash.
Я бы хотел заплатить наличными.
Я хотел бы заплатить наличными.
Я б хотів заплатити готівкою.
Я б хотіла заплатити готівкою.
Meaning
8 senses(uncountable, usually)Money in the form of notes or bills and coins, as opposed to checks, credit or electronic transactions.
How are you off for cash? After you bounced those checks last time, they want to be paid in cash.
Bargeld, Bares, Cash
нали́чныеnalíčnyje, нали́чные де́ньгиnalíčnyje dénʹgi, нали́чкаnalíčka
готі́вкаhotívka, кешkeš, гро́шіhróši
money in the form of bills or coins
(uncountable, usually)Liquid assets, money that can be traded quickly, as distinct from assets that are invested and cannot be easily exchanged.
(informal, uncountable, usually)Money.
(Canada, countable, usually)Cash register, or the counter in a business where the cash register is located.
Let me just bring these to the cash for you.
(countable, usually)An instance of winning a cash prize.
(historical)The low-denomination coin of southern India until 1818.
(historical)Any of several similar coins in Southeast and East Asia, particularly the imperial Chinese copper coin.
(archaic, countable, usually)A place where money is kept, or where it is deposited and paid out; a money box.
Examples
763 sentencesI'd like to pay in cash.
Я б хотів заплатити готівкою.
ruЯ бы хотел заплатить наличными.
Tom paid for everything with cash.
Том за все платив готівкою.
deTom hat alles in bar bezahlt.
I'd like to cash this check.
Я хотів би перевести цей чек у готівку.
Tom had no cash on him.
У Тома не було з собою готівки.
deTom hatte kein Bargeld dabei.
I paid for the purchase in cash.
Я заплатив за покупку готівкою.
ruЯ заплатил за покупку наличными.
deIch habe den Einkauf bar bezahlt.
Translations
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Origin
From late Middle French caisse (“money-box”), itself borrowed from Occitan caissa, from LaFrom 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.
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Forms
plural: cashes / cashSynonyms
7 synonyms- United States country music singer and songwriter (1932-2003):Johnny CashJohn Cash
- prompt payment for goods or services in currency or by check:immediate payment
- money in the form of bills or coins:hard cashhard currency
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
62 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A2Shopping and money — Because the lesson uses it
- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- the cash register
- pay in cash
- cash register
- from the cash
- some cash
- needed some cash
- have any cash
- carry much cash
- full of cash
- any cash on
- short of cash
- cash this check