cashier

CEFRB1

/kəˈʃɪə/

noun · verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person who receives and handles payments in a store.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    To annul.

Examples

  • Pay the cashier on the way out.

  • The exchange rates are posted daily outside the cashier's office.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • /kaˈʃɪə/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. To discard, put away.

  2. One who works at a till or receives payments.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To dismiss (someone, especially military personnel) from service.

More examples

In context

  • We suspected our cashier of stealing the funds.

  • They found an Army officer who had been a military failure until Bernard Baruch promoted him to General, and who in 1945 should have been able to hope for nothing better than that he could escape a court martial and thus avoid being cashiered, if he could pro...

  • His ninth Legion having mutined neere unto Placentia, he presently cassiered the same with great ignominie unto it[…].

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Origin

noun

From Dutch casseren, kasseren, from Old French casser (“to break (up)”). During a ceremonial cashiering of a ranking military officer, the breakup was often symbolized dramatically by literally breaking the officer’s sword.