cash
/ˈkæʃ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.92 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Money in the form of notes or bills and coins, as opposed to checks, credit or electronic transactions.
Uncountable
noun
Liquid assets, money that can be traded quickly, as distinct from assets that are invested and cannot be easily exchanged.
Uncountable
noun
Cash register, or the counter in a business where the cash register is located.
Canadian usage; Countable
Example Sentences
- "How are you off for cash? After you bounced those checks last time, they want to be paid in cash."
- "When a man bargains for the price of maintaining such or such principles, or of endeavouring to make out such or such a case, without believing in the soundness of the principles or the truth of the case; such a man, whether he touch the cash (or paper-money) before or after the performance of his work, and whether he work with his tongue or his pen, may, I think be fairly charged with seeking after "base lucre;" […]"
- "Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries […]."
- "Paying yourself first also implies that you have some understanding of your cash flow, which means that, yes, you must set a budget."
- "Let me just bring these to the cash for you."
- "Visit Apple’s jam-packed stores and you won’t see lines at the cash — because every sales clerk is also your cashier, using cellphone card-readers to zip you through."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkæʃ/
- British English: /ˈkæʃ/
Usage
Inflected Forms
cashes (plural)
cashes (present, singular)
cashing (participle, present)
cashed (participle, past)
cashed (past)
more cash (comparative)
most cash (superlative)
Derived Forms
Phrases
Frequently Paired Words
small, unmarked bills
half-dodee (5 cash)
dodee (10 cash)
pice (20 cash)
fanam (80 cash)
pagoda (3360 cash)
chakram (16 cash)
fanam (64 cash)