cash

CEFRA2

/ˈkæʃ/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Money in the form of coins or paper notes.

  2. 02

    verb

    To exchange a check for money.

Examples

  • How much cash do you have on you?

  • Hunger compelled the boy to steal money from the cash register.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

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

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

  3. An instance of winning a cash prize.

More examples

In context

  • The bank will cash your fifty dollar check.

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

  • Let me just bring these to the cash for you.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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 *kap- (“grasp”). Doublet of case, chase, and chasse. Compare Spanish caja (“box”).