cashier

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[ ka-sheer ]
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noun
  1. an employee, as in a market or department store, who collects payments for customer purchases.

  2. an executive who has charge of money, especially one who superintends monetary transactions, as in a bank.

  1. an employee of a business establishment who keeps a record of financial transactions.

Origin of cashier

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First recorded in 1570–80; from Middle French caissier “custodian of a money-box” (perhaps via Dutch ), equivalent to caisse “money-box” (from Provençal caissa, from Latin capsa “a case”) + -ier noun suffix; see origin at case2, -ier2

Other definitions for cashier (2 of 2)

cashier2
[ ka-sheer ]

verb (used with object)
  1. to dismiss (a military officer) from service, especially with disgrace.

  2. to discard; reject.

Origin of cashier

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1570–80; <Middle Dutch kasseren<Middle French casser to break, discharge, annul <Latin quassāre to shatter; see quash

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How to use cashier in a sentence

  • Clive faced the mutiny successfully; he cashiered the leaders and accepted the submission of the younger men.

  • Many officers, who had been cashiered by the new model of the army, offered their service to the parliament.

  • On his arrival home Whitelocke underwent a court-martial, and was cashiered with well deserved and bitter censure.

    South America | W. H. Koebel
  • What would you have more of a soldier than to run away and have him cashiered as to any command in your garrison?

    Andrew Marvell | Augustine Birrell
  • One was the doctor on the steamer, when I came abroad with the Hokes: he'd been cashiered from the navy for drunkenness.

    The Reef | Edith Wharton

British Dictionary definitions for cashier (1 of 2)

cashier1

/ (kæˈʃɪə) /


noun
  1. a person responsible for receiving payments for goods, services, etc, as in a shop

  2. Also called: teller an employee of a bank responsible for receiving deposits, cashing cheques, and other financial transactions; bank clerk

  1. any person responsible for handling cash or maintaining records of its receipt and disbursement

Origin of cashier

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C16: from Dutch cassier or French caissier, from casse money chest; see case ²

British Dictionary definitions for cashier (2 of 2)

cashier2

/ (kæˈʃɪə) /


verb(tr)
  1. to dismiss with dishonour, esp from the armed forces

  2. rare to put away or discard; reject

Origin of cashier

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C16: from Middle Dutch kasseren, from Old French casser, from Latin quassāre to quash

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