Definition of "cash" in Anglais

noun

1. (uncountable) Money in the form of notes or bills and coins, as opposed to checks, credit or electronic transactions.

   • After you bounced those checks last time, they want to be paid in cash.

2. (uncountable, finance) Liquid assets, money that can be traded quickly, as distinct from assets that are invested and cannot be easily exchanged.

3. (uncountable, informal) Money.

4. (countable, Canada) Cash register, or the counter in a business where the cash register is located.

   • Let me just bring these to the cash for you.

5. (countable, gambling) An instance of winning a cash prize.

6. (countable, archaic) A place where money is kept, or where it is deposited and paid out; a money box.

verb

1. (transitive) To exchange (a check/cheque) for money in the form of notes/bills.

2. (poker slang) To obtain a payout from a tournament.

adjective

1. (slang) Great; excellent; cool.

noun

1. (historical) The low-denomination coin of southern India until 1818.

2. (historical) Any of several similar coins in Southeast and East Asia, particularly the imperial Chinese copper coin.

verb

1. To disband. To do away with, to kill.