Noun (1)
went to the ATM to get more cashVerb
The store wouldn't cash the check.
He cashed his paycheck at the bank.
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Noun
The platform was free to use but offered premium services including access to financial advisors and cash advances of up to $5,000 while students awaited aid approval.—Dave Smith, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025 Set to shoot in 2026 across Spain’s Valencia and Portugal’s Cascais and Lisbon, the project has secured support from Portuguese pubcaster RTP, Pic Portugal cash rebates and Spain’s Instituto Valenciano de Cultura.—Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
File Form 8283 for all non-cash contributions exceeding $500.—Matthew F. Erskine, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025 Census also tracks what’s known as the supplemental poverty measure, which includes non-cash benefits such as food aid.—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
The Cuban government doesn’t cash the check.—Miriam Pensack, The Dial, 30 Sep. 2025 This office can cash prizes up to $199,999.—Nicole Young, Nashville Tennessean, 29 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cash
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
modification of Middle French or Old Italian; Middle French casse money box, from Old Italian cassa, from Latin capsa chest — more at case
Noun (2)
Portuguese caixa, from Tamil kācu, a small copper coin, from Sanskrit karṣa, a weight of gold or silver
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