cash out

verb

cashed out; cashing out; cashes out

transitive verb

: to convert (noncash assets) to cash

cash out stocks

intransitive verb

: to convert noncash assets to cash

cash-out

ˈkash-ˌau̇t 

noun

Examples of cash out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And suppose that someone wants to cash out by selling the contract. —Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 8 June 2025

The 2021 third-rounder, Milton Williams, is another player who cashed out this offseason. —Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 June 2025

San Jose police announced the arrests Wednesday in a news release detailing an investigation prompted by a May 23 call, reporting that a woman working at the gaming business off Airport Parkway had been pocketing chips — then handing them off to her husband to cash out. —Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 5 June 2025

That gives him every reason to opt in and cash out one last time in Milwaukee. —Brian Sampson, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1971, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Rhymes for cash out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout

Legal Definition

cash out

transitive verb

1

: to prematurely redeem the securities of (a holder) often as part of a merger

the merging company will cash out the minority shareholders

2

a

: to accept payment for (a security) in full often unwillingly

the shareholders were required to cash out their shares

b

: to dispose of (one's goods or assets) by sale

cashed out his investment

cash-out noun