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   cash

   /kaʃ/

   noun

   • 1. money in coins or notes, as distinct from cheques, money orders, or credit: "the staff were paid in cash" Similar moneyready money/cashcurrencylegal tenderhard cashnotesbank notescoinscoinagecoincoin of the realmchangesilvercopperbillsinformal:doughbreadlootshekelsmoolahwadboodledibsgeltducatsrhinogravydoshbrasslollyspondulickswongaackersthe readyreadiesgreenbacksdinerosimoleonsbucksjackmazumaOscarinformal, dated:sploshgreentindated:l.s.d.informal, dated:kalerocksshinplastersformal:specieOpposite chequecredit
   • ▪ money in any form: "she was always short of cash" Similar financeresourcesfundsmoneymeansassetswherewithalcapitalinvestment capital

   verb

   • 1. give or obtain notes or coins for (a cheque or money order): "the bank cashed her cheque"
   • 2. lead (a high card) so as to take the opportunity to win a trick: "South cashed the ace, king, and queen of clubs"

   Word Origin late 16th century (denoting a box for money): from Old French casse or Italian cassa ‘box’, from Latin capsa (see case2).

   Derivatives

   • 1. cashable adjective

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