cash

Meaning

Noun

1. (uncountable, usually) Money in the form of notes or bills and coins, as opposed to checks, credit or electronic transactions.
2. (uncountable, usually) Liquid assets, money that can be traded quickly, as distinct from assets that are invested and cannot be easily exchanged.
3. (informal, uncountable, usually) Money.
4. (Canada, countable, usually) Cash register, or the counter in a business where the cash register is located.
5. (countable, usually) An instance of winning a cash prize.
6. (archaic, countable, usually) A place where money is kept, or where it is deposited and paid out; a money box.

Verb

1. (transitive) To exchange (a check/cheque) for money in the form of notes/bills.
2. (slang) To obtain a payout from a tournament.

Adj

Great; excellent; cool.

Verb

To disband. To do away with, to kill.

Synonyms

money

💸

ready money

currency

coin

🪙

hard cash

funds

encash

in cash

cash in

collect

ready cash

hard currency

coins

legal tender

specie

cash money

wealth

cash account

dough

bullion

real money

readies

realize

immediate payment

redeem

money order

moola

paper money

petty cash

property

ranch

ready

repurchase

silver

small change

stuff

till

turn into cash

unit of weight

valuables

cheddar

convert into cash

self-interested

turn into money

mazuma

spondulicks

draw the money

spondulics

cash transactions

big money

Translations

Bargeld

💸

efectivo

incassare

contante

💸

contanti

espèces

argent

dinheiro

💸

argent liquide

μετρητά

dinero efectivo

Geld

💸

liquide

contant

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kæʃ/

Etymology

Cognate with Spanish: caja

Cognate with Portuguese: caixa

In summary

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 *keh₂p- (“grasp”). Doublet of case, chase, and chasse. Compare Spanish caja (“box”).

Sentences

Did you see Uncle Jake with any cash last night ?