What does cash mean?
Definitions for cash
kæʃcash
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word cash.
Princeton's WordNet
cash, hard cash, hard currencynoun
money in the form of bills or coins
"there is a desperate shortage of hard cash"
cash, immediate paymentnoun
prompt payment for goods or services in currency or by check
Cash, Johnny Cash, John Cashverb
United States country music singer and songwriter (1932-2003)
cash, cash inverb
exchange for cash
"I cashed the check as soon as it arrived in the mail"
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
CASHnoun
Money; properly ready money; money in the chest, or at hand.
Etymology: caisse, Fr. a chest.
A thief, bent to unhoard the cash
Of some rich burgher. Paradise Lost, b. ii. l. 188.He is at an end of all his cash; he has both his law and his daily bread now upon trust. John Arbuthnot, John Bull.
He sent the thief, that stole the cash, away,
And punish’d him that put it in his way. Alexander Pope.
ChatGPT
cash
Cash refers to money in the physical form of currency, such as banknotes and coins. It is a tangible and immediate method of payment for goods and services, typically used for in-person transactions. It can also refer to readily available funds in a business or owned by a person, regardless of the form (like in a bank account).
Webster Dictionary
Cashnoun
a place where money is kept, or where it is deposited and paid out; a money box
Cashnoun
ready money; especially, coin or specie; but also applied to bank notes, drafts, bonds, or any paper easily convertible into money
Cashnoun
immediate or prompt payment in current funds; as, to sell goods for cash; to make a reduction in price for cash
Cashverb
to pay, or to receive, cash for; to exchange for money; as, cash a note or an order
Cashverb
to disband
Cash
a Chinese coin
Etymology: [See Cashier.]
Wikidata
Cash
In English vernacular cash refers to money in the physical form of currency, such as banknotes and coins. In bookkeeping and finance, cash refers to current assets comprising currency or currency equivalents that can be accessed immediately or near-immediately. Cash is seen either as a reserve for payments, in case of a structural or incidental negative cash flow or as a way to avoid a downturn on financial markets.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Cash
kash, n. coin or money: ready money.—v.t. to turn into or exchange for money: to pay money for.—ns. Cash′-account′, an account to which nothing is carried but cash: a form of account with a bank, by which a person is entitled to draw out sums as required by way of loan to a stipulated amount—also called Cash′-cred′it; Cash′-book, a book in which an account is kept of the receipts and disbursements of money; Cashier′, a cash-keeper: one who has charge of the receiving and paying of money; Cash′-pay′ment, payment in ready money; Cash′-rail′way, a mechanical device adopted in large shops and warehouses for the interchange of cash between the counters and the cash-desk.—Hard cash, ready money; Out of cash, or In cash, without or with money: out of, or in, pocket. [A doublet of Case, a box—O. Fr. casse, a box.]
Editors Contribution
cash
Money in the form of coins and banknotes.
Cash is handy to have in your purse for the shopping trolley or just to purchase something, many people like the feel of money.
Submitted by MaryC on March 8, 2020
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
CASH
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Cash is ranked #1200 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Cash surname appeared 29,476 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 10 would have the surname Cash.
78.5% or 23,156 total occurrences were White.
15.5% or 4,581 total occurrences were Black.
2.7% or 796 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.9% or 575 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.6% or 197 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
0.5% or 171 total occurrences were Asian.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'cash' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1271
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'cash' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1446
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'cash' in Nouns Frequency: #581
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of cash in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of cash in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of cash in a Sentence
We are pleased that Southwest has finally begun to hear the message that [ the union ] has been saying for months now — the current holiday schedule is not sustainable. The data shows it has the potential to be even worse than this summer has been, reduced schedules resulting in neutral/negative cash flows are not what we want. We want effective measures to reduce the waste and stress on our crews.
Main indexes will rise. For the Shanghai Composite, the area below 4,500 is relatively safe now, i have ample cash at hand, and surely will buy stocks this week.
We run out of cash in mid-February, that is four or five months before that virus is going to stop in a best-case scenario, so it is a bit of a race against time right now.
MarketInvoice was the first company that came up with a viable option and said 'you can sell your invoices and release that cash very, very quickly'.
It's just a prudent thing to do if you have a borrower that ... you think should only draw down if they need the cash flow to do some capex or to create more cash flow.
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- نقود, نقدArabic
- nağdAzerbaijani
- ная́ўныя гро́шы, гато́ўка, ная́ўныя, гро́шыBelarusian
- осребрявам, па́ри, нали́чни па́риBulgarian
- efectiuCatalan, Valencian
- hotovost, peníze, hotové penízeCzech
- kontanterDanish
- BargeldGerman
- ρευστό, τοις μετρητοίς, μετρητάGreek
- efectivoSpanish
- sularahaEstonian
- نقدPersian
- käteisraha, lunastaa, käteinenFinnish
- espèces, encaisserFrench
- kuɗiHausa
- מזומןHebrew
- रोकड़Hindi
- készpénzHungarian
- քեշ, կանխիկArmenian
- tunaiIndonesian
- monetoIdo
- contanti, liquidiItalian
- キャッシュ, 現金Japanese
- ნაღდიGeorgian
- សាច់ប្រាក់Khmer
- 현금, 현찰Korean
- ເງິນສົດLao
- moni tūturu, moniMāori
- па́ри, гото́винаMacedonian
- бэлэн мөнгөMongolian
- tunaiMalay
- baar, geld, contanten, cash, innenDutch
- penger, kontanterNorwegian
- ନଗଦOriya
- gotówka, pieniądzePolish
- caixa, em espécie, dinheiroPortuguese
- numerar, bani gheață, bani lichizi, numerar în casă, baniRomanian
- кэш, нал, обналичивать, нали́чные, нали́чка, [[наличный, обналичить, де́ньгиRussian
- готовина, gotovinaSerbo-Croatian
- hotovosť, peniazeSlovak
- gotovina, vnovčitiSlovene
- paraAlbanian
- kontanterSwedish
- రొక్కం, కాసులు, క్యాష్Telugu
- เงินสดThai
- nakit, paraTurkish
- готі́вка, гро́шіUkrainian
- نقدUrdu
- 现金Chinese
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