cash

Pronunciation

• enPR: kăsh, IPA ^(key): /kæʃ/
• SAMPA: k{S

• Audio (US)

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Noun

Singular cash

Plural none

Cash in dollar bills and coins

1. (uncountable) Cash is money in the form of bills and coins, rather than checks/cheques or credit cards.

   The publisher supplied cash prizes and books for the winning essays written by fourth through sixth graders.

   Payment is by cash, VISA, or MasterCard.

Related words

• cashier
• cash register
• cash flow
• cash cow

Verb

Plain form cash

Third-person singular cashes

Past tense cashed

Past participle cashed

Present participle cashing

1. (transitive) To exchange a check/cheque for money in the form of bills.

   I need to stop at the back to cash my paycheck before we go out to dinner.