cash

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American, Australia) IPA(key): /ˈkæʃ/, [ˈkʰæʃ] (Standard Southern British, Northern England, Scotland, Wales) IPA(key): /ˈkaʃ/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈkɛʃ/ Rhymes: -æʃ Hyphenation: cash Homophone: cache === Etymology 1 === From late Middle French caisse (“money-box”), itself borrowed from Occitan caissa, from Latin capsa (“box”), ultimately from capiō (“take, seize”), from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“grasp”). Doublet of case, chase, and chasse. Compare Spanish caja (“box”). ==== Noun ==== cash (usually uncountable, plural cashes) (uncountable) Money in the form of notes or bills and coins, as opposed to checks, credit or electronic transactions. Synonyms: cash money, cold hard cash (uncountable, finance) Liquid assets, money that can be traded quickly, as distinct from assets that are invested and cannot be easily exchanged. (uncountable, informal) Money. (countable, Canada) Cash register, or the counter in a business where the cash register is located. (countable, gambling) An instance of winning a cash prize. (countable, archaic) A place where money is kept, or where it is deposited and paid out; a money box. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== ==== Verb ==== cash (third-person singular simple present cashes, present participle cashing, simple past and past participle cashed) (transitive) To exchange (a check/cheque) for money in the form of notes/bills. (poker slang) To obtain a payout from a tournament. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Dutch: cashen ===== Translations ===== ==== Adjective ==== cash (comparative more cash, superlative most cash) (slang) Great; excellent; cool. ===== Translations ===== ==== References ==== === Etymology 2 === Variant of earlier cass under influence from cash above, from Tamil காசு (kācu), ultimately from Sanskrit karsha ("weight of 1/400 tulā, तुला"). Extended to other similar forms of low-denomination coins in Southeast and East Asia following the example of cognate Portuguese cas, casse, caxa, caixa. ==== Noun ==== cash (plural cashes or cash) (historical) The low-denomination coin of southern India until 1818. (historical) Any of several similar coins in Southeast and East Asia, particularly the imperial Chinese copper coin. ===== Coordinate terms ===== (Madras coin): half-dodee (5 cash), dodee (10 cash), pice (20 cash), fanam (80 cash), pagoda (3360 cash) (Travancore coin): chakram (16 cash), fanam (64 cash), rupee (448 cash) ===== Translations ===== ==== References ==== “cash, n².”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “CASH”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 168. === Etymology 3 === See cashier. ==== Verb ==== cash (third-person singular simple present cashes, present participle cashing, simple past and past participle cashed) To disband. To do away with, to kill. === Anagrams === chas, Chas., ACHs, HCAs, Chas, cahs, CAHs, achs == Aromanian == === Alternative forms === cashu === Etymology === From Latin cāseus. Compare Romanian caș. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaʃ/ === Noun === cash n (plural cãshuri) cheese ==== Synonyms ==== brãndzã ==== Derived terms ==== cãshirlichi cãshat ==== Related terms ==== cãshar cãshari ==== See also ==== cãshcãval == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɛʃ/ Hyphenation: cash Rhymes: -ɛʃ Homophone: cache === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from English cash. Doublet of kas. ==== Noun ==== cash m (uncountable, no diminutive) (informal) cash ==== Adjective ==== cash (invariable, not comparable) (informal, of money) in coins and bills/notes Synonym: baar Heb je cash geld? ― Do you have cash? ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== cash inflection of cashen: first-person singular present indicative (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative imperative == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English cash. Doublet of caisse. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaʃ/ === Adverb === cash (colloquial) in cash (of paying) (colloquial, figurative) bluntly, directly, straight up === Further reading === “cash”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === chas == Romanian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English cash. === Noun === cash n (uncountable) cash ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkaʃ/ [ˈkaʃ] Rhymes: -aʃ IPA(key): (chiefly Spain) /ˈkas/ [ˈkas] Rhymes: -as Syllabification: cash === Noun === cash m (uncountable) cash ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “cash”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010 Seco, Manuel; Andrés, Olimpia; Ramos, Gabino (2023), “cash”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English cash. Attested since 1887. === Noun === cash c (colloquial) cash (money) Synonyms: kontanter, stålar, pengar ==== Usage notes ==== Slangier in the definite. ==== Declension ==== === Adverb === cash (not comparable) (colloquial) in cash Synonym: kontant === References === “cash”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “cash”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)