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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The consortium’s new offer is worth A$0.90/share in cash, up from A$0.80/share proposed before.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 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

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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