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
More on that decision and a list of other schools that have decided to spend cash on volleyball here.—Payton Titus, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2025 The cash option is a one-time, lump-sum payment equal to all the cash in the jackpot prize pool.—Medora Lee, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Despite the State Department's anti-cash stance, advocates see some reason for hope.—Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 6 Aug. 2025 Those commercial deals are all shared through the cap via non-cash accounting, according to a source familiar with the process, as laid out earlier in Section 12 in the CBA.—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
This office can cash prizes of any amount.—Nicole Young, Nashville Tennessean, 2 Sep. 2025 This office can cash prizes up to $49,999.—Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 2 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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