cash

noun

ˈkash How to pronounce cash (audio)
Definition of cashnext
as in money
something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment went to the ATM to get more cash

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Recent Examples of cash Versant Media Group has acquired sports tech firm Full Swing for $530 million in cash, expanding its portfolio of businesses operating outside of traditional linear TV. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 6 July 2026 CineLink Industry Days has also announced a new €10,000 cash award presented by the Kosovo Cinematography Center. — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 6 July 2026 Strategy has previously stated that selling some of its Bitcoin was a way to shore up cash and calm markets. — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 6 July 2026 None The Blue Cash Everyday® Card from American Express and Blue Cash Preferred® Card from American Express are valuable cash-back cards. — Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 6 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for cash
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cash
  1. money
  2. coin
  3. currency
Noun
  • Well, not bad in terms of trying to showcase how much money Europe is spending on its own defense, with a raft of billion-dollar deals announced with some of the world's largest military contractors.
    — Steve Sedgwick,Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 8 July 2026
  • What begins as a history play transforms into a sharp-eyed satire about the cost of assimilation in a society where money, power and white privilege remain stubbornly intertwined.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
Definition of money
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  • That’s not to mention an upcoming summer of local and national festivities that promises fireworks, parades, bands, speeches, prizes, and commemorative everything, from postage stamps and coins to musical compositions.
    — Brenda Wineapple, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026
  • Now, the new Heritage Coin collection takes the original coin watch to all new heights – but exclusive ones.
    — Roberta Naas, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of coin
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  • Requirements are the key element of a NASA planning document like this, the bureaucratic currency by which NASA buys off on the safety of a spacecraft, such as the amount of habitable volume the agency requires.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026
  • Merzbacher, who generated his fortune through a fur business and currency trading, gained many of the artworks in his possession through his grandfather-in-law, Bernhard Mayer.
    — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 10 July 2026
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“Cash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cash. Accessed 11 Jul. 2026.

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