cashier

[ka-sheer]

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noun

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

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

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

Origin of cashier

1570–80; < Middle French caissier custodian of a money-box (perhaps via D), equivalent to caisse money-box (< Provençal caissa < Latin capsa; see case²) + -ier -ier²

cashier

[ka-sheer]

verb (used with object)

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

to discard; reject.

Origin of cashier

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

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Related Words for cashier

clerk, accountant, teller, purser, bursar, treasurer, banker, receiver, collector, paymaster, sack, fire, boot, dismiss, terminate, displace, remove, break, bounce, discharge

Examples from the Web for cashier

Contemporary Examples of cashier

Even the cashier realizes that they were trying to get away with $300 worth of box sets for $3.
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December 19, 2014
Her father was a war amputee on benefits; her mother a cashier at a skating rink.
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September 3, 2014
For a number of years, she worked as a cashier at a Burger King in Overland.
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August 20, 2014
He pays, courteous as ever to the cashier, and when I thank him for lunch, he thanks me.
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Adam Begley
December 2, 2013
Nevertheless, when Gurowski publicly aired his grievances, Lincoln and Seward had no choice but to cashier him.
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October 26, 2013

Historical Examples of cashier

Robin had gone back to his own town; he was cashier in a big bank there.
Life and Death of Harriett Frean
May Sinclair
Crane drove back to the village and went at once to the cashier, Mr. Lane's house.
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W. A. Fraser
Why did not the cashier come, now that he was ready for him?
Thoroughbreds
W. A. Fraser
Only the cashier and Alan Porter knew that it was in the vault.
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W. A. Fraser
The cashier had always considered his employer a hard man, and, in truth, who hadn't?
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W. A. Fraser

British Dictionary definitions for cashier

cashier

noun

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

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

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

Word Origin for cashier

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

cashier

verb (tr)

to dismiss with dishonour, esp from the armed forces

rare to put away or discard; reject

Word Origin for cashier

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

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Word Origin and History for cashier

"person in charge of money," 1590s, from Middle French caissier "treasurer," from caisse "money box" (see cash (n.)). The immediate source of the English word might be Middle Dutch kassier.

"dismiss," 1590s, from Middle Dutch casseren, kaseeren "to cast off, discharge," from French casser "to discharge, annul," from Late Latin cassare "annul," from Latin cassus "void, empty" (see caste (n.)). Related: Cashiered; cashiering.