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.
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Translations
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Examples
717 sentencesWhere's the cash?
Де готівка? — deniko
Tom couldn't open the cash register.
Tom finally came up with the cash.
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
(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.
(uncountable, usually)Liquid assets, money that can be traded quickly, as distinct from assets that are invested and cannot be easily exchanged.
More meanings 5
(informal, uncountable, usually)Money.
(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.
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
- money in the form of bills or coins:hard cashhard currency
- prompt payment for goods or services in currency or by check:immediate payment
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
58 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
11 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
See also
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