cashed

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cash¹ /kæʃ/   n. 

[uncountable]
1. Business money in the form of coins or banknotes:
   $5,000 in cash and the rest in traveler's checks.
2. Business money or an equivalent, as a check, paid at the time of making a purchase.
3. money:
   We're completely out of cash.

v. 

4. [ ~ + obj] to give or obtain cash for (a check, etc.):
   Can you cash this check here?
5. cash in,
   • Games [ ~ + in + obj] to turn in and get cash for (one's chips), as in a gambling casino.
6. cash in on, [ ~ + in + on + obj] to profit from;
   use to one's advantage:
   He cashed in on the deal his partner made.

cash•less, adj. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

cash¹  (kash), n. 

1. Business money in the form of coins or banknotes, esp. that issued by a government.
2. Business money or an equivalent, as a check, paid at the time of making a purchase.

v.t. 

3. to give or obtain cash for (a check, money order, etc.).
4. Games [Cards.]
   • Games to win (a trick) by leading an assured winner.
   • to lead (an assured winner) in order to win a trick:
     He cashed his ace and led the queen.
5. cash in:
   • Games to turn in and get cash for (one's chips), as in a gambling casino.
   • Business to end or withdraw from a business agreement;
     convert one's assets into cash.
   • [Slang.] to die:
     After her parents cashed in, she lived with her grandmother.
6. cash in on, to profit from;
   use to one's advantage:
   swindlers who cash in on the credulity of the public.
7. Idioms, Slang Terms cash in one's chips, [Slang.] to die.

• apparently back formation from cashier¹ 1590–1600

cash′a•ble, adj. 
cash′a•bil′i•ty, n. 
cash′a•ble•ness, n. 

cash²  (kash), n., pl. cash. 

1. Currency any of several low-denomination coins of China, India, and the East Indies, esp. a Chinese copper coin.

• Sanskrit karṣa a weight (of precious metal)
• Tamil kācu copper coin
• Portuguese caixa
• 1590–1600

Cash  (kash), n. 

1. Biographical John (Johnny), born 1932, U.S. country-and-western singer, musician, and composer.

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cash / kæʃ/ noun

1. banknotes and coins, esp in hand or readily available; money or ready money
2. immediate payment, in full or part, for goods or services (esp in the phrase cash down)
3. (modifier) of, for, or paid by cash: a cash transaction

verb

1. (transitive) to obtain or pay ready money for

Etymology: 16th Century: from Old Italian cassa money-box, from Latin capsa case²

ˈcashable adjective

cash / kæʃ/ noun (cash)

1. any of various Chinese, Indonesian, or Indian coins of low value

Etymology: 16th Century: from Portuguese caixa, from Tamil kāsu, from Sanskrit karsa weight of gold or silver