cash¹ /kash/

1. Coins or paper money
2. Available or ready money

1. Using cash
2. Paid by cash

To turn into or exchange for money

cashˈable adjective

cashiˈer noun

A person who has charge of the receiving and paying of money

cashˈless adjective

Operated, paid for, conducted, performed, etc using credit cards or computer transfers, without the use of cash

cash account noun (bookkeeping)

An account which shows cash transactions

cash-and-carrˈy adjective

Of or denoting a business, method of trading, etc which involves cash and carry (see below)

cashˈback noun

1. A facility offered by some retailers, whereby a person paying for goods by debit card may also withdraw cash
2. A sum of money offered as an incentive to someone entering into a financial agreement, esp a mortgage

cashˈ-book noun (bookkeeping)

A book of account in which a record of all receipts and disbursements is kept

cashˈ-box noun

cash card noun

A coded plastic card issued by a bank that allows the holder to obtain money from a bank account via a cash dispenser

cash cow noun

A well-established business or other enterprise that produces cash with a minimum of maintenance or management

cash crop noun

A crop intended for sale, not for consumption by the producer

cash desk noun

A table, etc with a till where money is taken for goods purchased

cash dispenser noun

A machine, usu in or outside a bank, which dispenses banknotes on the insertion of a coded plastic card (also automatic teller machine)

cash flow noun

The movement of money in and out of a business

cashˈ-keeper noun

A treasurer

cash limit noun

A limit set on the total amount of money a company, institution, local authority, etc may spend

cash machine noun

A cash dispenser

cash payment noun

Payment in ready money

cashˈpoint noun

1. The place in a shop, supermarket, etc where money is taken for goods purchased
2. (Cashpoint®) an automatic teller machine, a cash dispenser

cashˈ-railway noun

Formerly, a mechanical device for interchange of cash between counter and cashdesk in a shop

cash ratio noun

The ratio of cash on hand to total deposits legally or customarily maintained by commercial banks

cash register noun

A till that automatically and visibly records the net amount put in

cashˈ-strapped adjective (informal)

Short of money

cash and carry

1. Sale for cash, with uplift and delivery of goods to be performed by the buyer
2. A usu large shop which trades in this way, often at wholesale prices

cash down

With payment at the time of purchase

cash in

1. To exchange for money
2. To seize an advantage

cash in hand

1. Payment for goods or labour in cash with no record being kept, usu as a way of avoiding tax, etc (cash-in-handˈ adjective)
2. The total of cash balances held in a company's tills (accounting)

cash in on

To turn to one's advantage

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