cashier
noun
an employee, as in a market or department store, who collects payments for customer purchases.
cashiered
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past participleof cashier.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof cashier.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
cashiernounan employee, as in a market or department store, who collects payments for customer purchases.
Example Sentences
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Some of the military commanders and industry executives cashiered in the past 2½ years, including Zhang, had been working in areas that benefited significantly from the influx of state funding, particularly weapons development.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026
That’s what Britain did in World War I when it cashiered H.H.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2024
Maybe I wouldn’t have been cashiered out of the computer lab because my 3-year-old was “banging on a keyboard.”
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2022
Lauer seems superficially to be the inspiration for Steve Carell’s cashiered breakfast show cohost on Apple TV+'s “The Morning Show,” currently nominated for a clutch of Emmys.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2020
After due consideration of the case the unfortunate commandant, Gonzales, was cashiered for his remissness in allowing a strange ship to leave Juan Fernandez instead of seizing her and her crew.
From Explorers and Travellers by Adolphus W. Greely
