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cash up

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verb

  1. (intr, adverb) (of cashiers, shopkeepers, etc) to add up the money taken, esp at the end of a working day

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Investors should look to see whether anyone else pays cash up front to lock in wafers, which would be a measure of how little faith buyers have in the open market.

From MarketWatch Aug. 7, 2026

After only 16 months, Mattel sold it for no cash up front and an undisclosed cut of future profits.

From The Wall Street Journal May 13, 2026

The firm receives the cash up front and is obligated to deliver energy to the municipal utility company.

From Barron's Oct. 20, 2025

Yet, it’s a strategy that requires the team to pay a lot of cash up front.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 9, 2024

I pulled the leather petty-cash envelope out of my pocket and counted the cash up in my head.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña

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