cashier

¹

[ka-sheer]

noun

1. an employee, as in a market or department store, who collects payments for customer purchases.

2. an executive who has charge of money, especially one who superintends monetary transactions, as in a bank.

3. an employee of a business establishment who keeps a record of financial transactions.

cashier

²

[ka-sheer]

verb (used with object)

1. to dismiss (a military officer) from service, especially with disgrace.

2. to discard; reject.

cashier

¹

/ kæˈʃɪə /

noun

1. a person responsible for receiving payments for goods, services, etc, as in a shop

2. Also called: teller. an employee of a bank responsible for receiving deposits, cashing cheques, and other financial transactions; bank clerk

3. any person responsible for handling cash or maintaining records of its receipt and disbursement

cashier

²

/ kæˈʃɪə /

verb

1. to dismiss with dishonour, esp from the armed forces

2. rare,  to put away or discard; reject

Word History and Origins

Origin of cashier¹

First recorded in 1570–80; from Middle French caissier “custodian of a money-box” (perhaps via Dutch ), equivalent to caisse “money-box” (from Provençal caissa, from Latin capsa “a case”) + -ier noun suffix; case ², -ier ²

Origin of cashier²

1570–80; < Middle Dutch kasseren < Middle French casser to break, discharge, annul < Latin quassāre to shatter; quash

Word History and Origins

Origin of cashier¹

C16: from Dutch cassier or French caissier, from casse money chest; see _case ²

Origin of cashier²

C16: from Middle Dutch kasseren, from Old French casser, from Latin quassāre to _quash

Example Sentences

At the cash register, the cashier watched a website that tracked Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions around the region.

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“I would say the color is halfway between bark and russet,” she decided, and brought it to the cashier.

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I asked a cashier, noting that contemporary country makes my skin crawl despite the fact that I vaguely belong to the same ethnic group that produces it.

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You probably won’t be handed the most valuable silver coins by a cashier.

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Since taking power in 2012, Xi has packed the leadership with loyalists, sidelined subordinates who owed their rise to predecessors and even cashiered some of his own protégés.

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Related Words

• accountant 
• clerk 
• teller