Cashier Meaning
/kəˈʃɪə/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo dismiss (someone, especially military personnel) from service.
verbTo discard, put away.
Sentence Examples
Pay the cashier on the way out.
The exchange rates are posted daily outside the cashier's office.
We suspected our cashier of stealing the funds.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After scanning my items, the friendly ____ handed me the receipt.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ gave me my change and a receipt for the items I bought.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"His ninth Legion having mutined neere unto Placentia, he presently cassiered the same with great ignominie unto it[…]."
— 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 34, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
"The recent cashiering for disobedience of orders of a Major-General who is claimed, we know not with what truth, to be of the "conservative" order, has raised this outcry louder and fiercer than ever."
— 1863 February 1, “Politics of Military Commanders.”, in The New York Times:
"The Directory had been deregulating the economy since Thermidor; but it had not cashiered the police spies on which the Terror had depended, and these allowed the government to keep abreast of the threat."
— 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 510:
"Inevitably his appeals for financial assistance were ignored and, though not cashiered from the army, he was pointedly cold-shouldered by his brother officers."
— 2012, Jonathan Keates, “Mon Père, ce héros”, in Literary Review, section 402:
"Today, haute couture is finished, snorts [Pierre] Bergé at his most gallic, no more than a licence to flog scent and handbags, and a pastime for bored supermodels and cashiered pop stars."
— 2015 November 26, Stephen Smith, “The £30m bookshelf: Pierre Bergé and the greatest stories ever sold”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After scanning my items, the friendly ____ handed me the receipt.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ gave me my change and a receipt for the items I bought.