English Online Dictionary. What means cash? What does cash mean?
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: kăsh, IPA(key): /kæʃ/
- Rhymes: -æʃ
- Homophone: cache
Etymology 1
From late Middle French caisse (“money-box”), itself borrowed from Occitan caissa, from Latin capsa (“box”), ultimately from capiō (“take, seize”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“grasp”). Doublet of case, chase, and chasse. Compare Spanish caja (“box”).
Noun
cash (usually uncountable, plural cashes)
- (uncountable) Money in the form of notes/bills and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks or electronic transactions.
- (uncountable, finance) Liquid assets, money that can be traded quickly, as distinct from assets that are invested and cannot be easily exchanged.
- (uncountable, informal) Money.
- (countable, Canada) Cash register, or the counter in a business where the cash register is located.
- (countable, gambling) An instance of winning a cash prize.
- (countable, archaic) A place where money is kept, or where it is deposited and paid out; a money box.
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Georgian: ქეში (keši)
- → Japanese: キャッシュ (kyasshu)
- → Korean: 캐시 (kaesi)
- → Punjabi: ਕੈਸ਼ (kaiś)
- → Russian: кэш (kɛš)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic script: ке̏ш
- Latin script: kȅš
- → Swedish: cash
- → Wu: 開許/开许 (¹khe-shiu)
Translations
See also
- small, unmarked bills
Verb
cash (third-person singular simple present cashes, present participle cashing, simple past and past participle cashed)
- (transitive) To exchange (a check/cheque) for money in the form of notes/bills.
- (poker slang) To obtain a payout from a tournament.
Derived terms
Translations
Adjective
cash (comparative more cash, superlative most cash)
- (slang) Great; excellent; cool.
References
Etymology 2
From Tamil காசு (kācu), via Portuguese caixa.
Noun
cash (plural cashes or cash)
- Any of several low-denomination coins of India, China, or Vietnam, especially the Chinese copper coin.
Translations
References
Etymology 3
See cashier.
Verb
cash (third-person singular simple present cashes, present participle cashing, simple past and past participle cashed)
- To disband. To do away with, kill
Anagrams
- ACHs, CAHs, Chas, Chas., HCAs, achs, cahs
Aromanian
Alternative forms
- cashu
Etymology
From Latin cāseus. Compare Romanian caș.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaʃ/
Noun
cash n (plural cãshuri)
- cheese
Synonyms
- brãndzã
Derived terms
- cãshirlichi
- cãshat
Related terms
- cãshar
- cãshari
See also
- cãshcãval
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English cash.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɛʃ/
- Hyphenation: cash
Noun
cash m (uncountable)
- (informal) cash
Adjective
cash (invariable, not comparable)
- (informal, of money) In coins and bills/notes.
- Heb je cash geld? — Do you have cash?
Synonyms
- baar
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English cash. Doublet of caisse.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaʃ/
Adverb
cash
- (colloquial) in cash (of paying)
- (colloquial) bluntly, directly, straight up
Further reading
- “cash”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- chas
Romanian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English cash.
Noun
cash n (uncountable)
- cash
Declension
Spanish
Noun
cash m (uncountable)
- cash
Derived terms
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from English cash. Attested since 1887.
Noun
cash c
- (colloquial) cash (money)
- Synonyms: kontanter, stålar, pengar
Usage notes
Slangier in the definite.
Declension
Adverb
cash (not comparable)
- (colloquial) in cash
- Synonym: kontant
References
- cash in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- cash in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)