cash up

British

verb

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

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cash up

At the end of 2025, the company disclosed it had $105 million in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, up from $36.9 million a year earlier.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 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

They will need to prove their claim - and in many cases they did not transfer money to Qian's company directly, but to accounts of local promoters who then passed the cash up the chain.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2025

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

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025

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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