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Noun (3 meanings)
1. money in the form of bills or coins.
Example:
- “there is a desperate shortage of hard cash”
cash is a type of:
- currency (noun) - the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used
types of cash:
- change (noun) - money received in return for its equivalent in a larger denomination or a different currency
- change (noun) - the balance of money received when the amount you tender is greater than the amount due
- pocket money, pin money, spending money (noun) - cash for day-to-day spending on incidental expenses
- ready cash, cold cash, ready money (noun) - money in the form of cash that is readily available
- small change, chickenfeed, chump change (noun) - a trifling sum of money
cash is derivationally related to:
2. prompt payment for goods or services in currency or by check.
cash is the opposite of:
- credit, deferred payment (noun) - arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services
cash is a type of:
- payment (noun) - a sum of money paid or a claim discharged
3. United States country music singer and songwriter (1932-2003).
Verb (1 meaning)
Example:
- “I cashed the check as soon as it arrived in the mail”
to cash is a way to:
- to exchange, change, interchange (verb) - give to, and receive from, one another
ways to cash:
to cash is derivationally related to:
- cash, hard cash, hard currency (noun) - money in the form of bills or coins
- cashable, redeemable (adjective) - able to be converted into ready money or the equivalent
see also:
- to cash in on (verb) - take advantage of or capitalize on