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Cash Pay I Made Money Kæʃ Payments Customers

Word cash
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / kæʃ / NAmE / kæʃ /
Example
  • how much cash do you have on you?
  • payments can be made by card or in cash.
  • customers are offered a 10% discount if they pay cash.
  • the thieves stole £500 in cash.
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cash

(noun)BrE / kæʃ / NAmE / kæʃ /
  1. money in the form of coins or notes/bills
    • see also hard cash
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/hard-cash
    • How much cash do you have on you?
    • Payments can be made by card or in cash.
    • Customers are offered a 10% discount if they pay cash.
    • The thieves stole £500 in cash.
    • I counted the money carefully.
    • Where can I change my money into dollars?
    • paper money(= money that is made of paper, not coins)
    • How much cash do you have on you?
    • Payments can be made by cheque or in cash.
    • How much money/cash do you have on you?
    • The ticket machine doesn’t give change.
    • I don’t have any small change(= coins of low value).
  2. money in any form
    • The museum needs to find ways of raising cash.
    • I'm short of cash right now.
    • I'm constantly strapped for cash (= without enough money).
    • Local schools have been starved of cash for a number of years.
  3. with immediate payment of cash
    • to pay for something cash down
  4. if you pay for goods and services cash in hand, you pay in cash, especially so that the person being paid can avoid paying tax on the amount
    • See related entries: Describing jobs
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/describing_jobs/cash_2
    • a cash-in-hand payment of £20
  5. a system of paying for goods when they are delivered
  6. Extra Examples

    • He withdrew £100 from a cash machine.
    • I paid the bill in cash.
    • I refuse to spend my hard-earned cash on presents!
    • I took £10 out of petty cash.
    • Imagine having to pay some of my hard-earned cash on a parking fine!
    • The bank should hold enough cash to satisfy customer demand.
    • The company is having cash flow problems.
    • The drugs are sold for hard cash.
    • The thieves stole $200 in cash.
    • They had a football match to raise cash for the hospital.
    • We’ll have to pay cash for the tickets.
    • You can pay by cheque or in cash.
    • a chance to make some quick cash
    • farmers who grow cash crops for export
    • Customers are offered a 10% discount if they pay cash.
    • Payments can be made by cheque or in cash.
    • She refused to part with her hard-earned cash.
    • The company is strapped for cash.

    Word Origin

    • late 16th cent. (denoting a box for money): from Old French casse or Italian cassa ‘box’, from Latin capsa, related to capere ‘to hold’.
Copyright This card's content is collected from the following dictionaries: Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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