cash
noun
[ kaʃ ]
• money in coins or notes, as distinct from cheques, money orders, or credit.
• "the staff were paid in cash"
Similar:
money,
ready money/cash,
currency,
legal tender,
hard cash,
notes,
bank notes,
coins,
coinage,
coin,
coin of the realm,
change,
silver,
copper,
bills,
dough,
bread,
loot,
shekels,
moolah,
wad,
boodle,
dibs,
gelt,
ducats,
rhino,
gravy,
dosh,
brass,
lolly,
spondulicks,
wonga,
ackers,
the ready,
readies,
greenbacks,
dinero,
simoleons,
bucks,
jack,
mazuma,
Oscar,
splosh,
green,
tin,
l.s.d.,
kale,
rocks,
shinplasters,
specie,
cash
verb
• give or obtain notes or coins for (a cheque or money order).
• "the bank cashed her cheque"
Similar:
exchange,
change,
convert into cash/money,
turn into cash/money,
encash,
realize,
liquidate,
honour,
pay,
accept,
take,
• lead (a high card) so as to take the opportunity to win a trick.
• "South cashed the ace, king, and queen of clubs"
Origin:
late 16th century (denoting a box for money): from Old French casse or Italian cassa ‘box’, from Latin capsa (see case2).
cash
noun
• a coin of low value from China, southern India, or SE Asia.
Origin:
late 16th century: from Portuguese caixa, from Tamil kāsu, influenced by cash1.
