cashier
noun
[ kaˈʃɪə ]
• a person handling payments and receipts in a shop, bank, or business.
Similar:
clerk,
bank clerk,
teller,
bank teller,
banker,
treasurer,
bursar,
purser,
accountant,
bookkeeper,
controller,
money man,
Origin:
late 16th century: from Dutch cassier or French caissier, from caisse ‘cash’.
cashier
verb
• dismiss (someone) from the armed forces in disgrace because of a serious misdemeanour.
• "he was found guilty and cashiered"
Similar:
dismiss,
discharge,
expel,
drum out,
throw out,
cast out,
discard,
get rid of,
sack,
fire,
give someone the boot,
boot out,
kick out,
send packing,
give someone the bullet,
give someone the push,
show someone the door,
Origin:
late 16th century (in the sense ‘dismiss or disband troops’): from Flemish kasseren ‘disband (troops)’ or ‘revoke (a will)’, from French casser ‘revoke, dismiss’, from Latin quassare (see quash).
