cash¹

[kash]

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noun

money in the form of coins or banknotes, especially that issued by a government.
money or an equivalent, as a check, paid at the time of making a purchase.

verb (used with object)

to give or obtain cash for (a check, money order, etc.).
Cards.
1. to win (a trick) by leading an assured winner.
2. to lead (an assured winner) in order to win a trick: He cashed his ace and led the queen.

Verb Phrases

cash in,
1. to turn in and get cash for (one's chips), as in a gambling casino.
2. to end or withdraw from a business agreement; convert one's assets into cash.
3. Slang.to die: After her parents cashed in, she lived with her grandmother.
cash in on, to profit from; use to one's advantage: swindlers who cash in on the credulity of the public.

Idioms

cash in one's chips, Slang. to die.

Origin of cash¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; apparently back formation from cashier¹

Related formscash·a·ble, adjectivecash·a·bil·i·ty, nouncash·a·ble·ness, nounun·cashed, adjective

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Examples from the Web for cashed

Contemporary Examples

Once the dowry has been cashed, there is no financial reason to keep the wife around.
Has Malala Become a Puppet of the West?
Nico Hines
April 12, 2014
I was dejected and rejected yet again by someone who cashed my checks to tell me how to deal with dejection and rejection.
My Therapist Dumped Me
Lizzie Crocker
April 4, 2014
Donovan was making one of his regular stops in a business where he cashed checks for a two percent fee.
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Michael Daly
March 12, 2014
And did they really ask for compensation from Katrina victims more than five years after their checks were cashed?
From Katrina To Sandy, FEMA Rumors and Failures Keep Swirling
Michael Moynihan
November 9, 2012
Thousands of $2 win tickets, purchased not to be cashed but to be kept as keepsakes, were rendered worthless.
Scratching I’ll Have Another Lifts a Cloud of Suspicion off the Triple Crown
Dan Packel
June 9, 2012

Historical Examples

It was a clerk from the bank with a check which they had cashed the day before.
The First Violin
Jessie Fothergill
It was said of him that on one occasion he had taken a cheque to a bank in Dublin to be cashed.
Changing Winds
St. John G. Ervine
You agree that I received the bill from you, since you cashed it; that is enough for me.
The Memoires of Casanova, Complete
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
“Pringle cashed it all right,” said Godfrey, after a short pause.
The Red Hand of Ulster
George A. Birmingham
If I'm wanted, I can swear that's the young man who cashed the cheque.
Justice (Second Series Plays)
John Galsworthy

British Dictionary definitions for cashed

cash¹

noun

banknotes and coins, esp in hand or readily available; money or ready money
immediate payment, in full or part, for goods or services (esp in the phrase cash down)
(modifier) of, for, or paid by casha cash transaction
the cash Canadian a checkout counter

verb

(tr) to obtain or pay ready money forto cash a cheque

Word Origin

C16: from Old Italian cassa money box, from Latin capsa case ²

cash²

noun plural cash

any of various Chinese, Indonesian, or Indian coins of low value

Word Origin

C16: from Portuguese caixa, from Tamil kāsu, from Sanskrit karsa weight of gold or silver

Cash

noun

Johnny. 1932–2003, US country-and-western singer, guitarist, and songwriter. His recordings include the hits "I Walk the Line" (1956), "Ring of Fire" (1963), "A Boy named Sue" (1969), and the American Recordings series of albums (1994–2003)

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Word Origin and History for cashed

cash

v.

"to convert to cash" (as a check, etc.), 1811, from cash (n.). Related: Cashed; cashing.

cash

n.

1590s, "money box;" also "money in hand, coin," from Middle French caisse "money box" (16c.), from Provençal caissa or Italian cassa, from Latin capsa "box" (see case (n.2)); originally the money box, but the secondary sense of the money in it became sole meaning 18c. Cash crop is attested from 1831; cash flow from 1954; the mechanical cash register from 1878.

Like many financial terms in English (bankrupt, etc.), ultimately from Italian. Not related to (but influencing the form of) the colonial British cash "Indian monetary system, Chinese coin, etc.," which is from Tamil kasu, Sanskrit karsha, Sinhalese kasi.

Idioms and Phrases with cashed

cash

In addition to the idioms beginning with cash

also see:

cold cash

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Examples from the Web for cashed

Contemporary Examples

Once the dowry has been cashed, there is no financial reason to keep the wife around.

I was dejected and rejected yet again by someone who cashed my checks to tell me how to deal with dejection and rejection.

Donovan was making one of his regular stops in a business where he cashed checks for a two percent fee.

And did they really ask for compensation from Katrina victims more than five years after their checks were cashed?

Thousands of $2 win tickets, purchased not to be cashed but to be kept as keepsakes, were rendered worthless.

Historical Examples

It was a clerk from the bank with a check which they had cashed the day before.

It was said of him that on one occasion he had taken a cheque to a bank in Dublin to be cashed.

You agree that I received the bill from you, since you cashed it; that is enough for me.

“Pringle cashed it all right,” said Godfrey, after a short pause.

If I'm wanted, I can swear that's the young man who cashed the cheque.

cash1

Word Origin

cash2

Word Origin

Cash

Word Origin and History for cashed

cash

v.

cash

n.

Idioms and Phrases with cashed

cash

cash¹

Origin of cash¹

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