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CASH

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States country music singer and songwriter (1932-2003)

Synonyms:

Cash; John Cash; Johnny Cash

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

singer; vocaliser; vocalist; vocalizer (a person who sings)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Prompt payment for goods or services in currency or by check

Synonyms:

cash; immediate payment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("cash" is a kind of...):

payment (a sum of money paid or a claim discharged)

Antonym:

credit (arrangement for deferred payment for goods and services)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Money in the form of bills or coins

Example:

there is a desperate shortage of hard cash

Synonyms:

cash; hard cash; hard currency

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("cash" is a kind of...):

currency (the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cash"):

change (money received in return for its equivalent in a larger denomination or a different currency)

change (the balance of money received when the amount you tender is greater than the amount due)

chickenfeed; chump change; small change (a trifling sum of money)

pin money; pocket money; spending money (cash for day-to-day spending on incidental expenses)

cold cash; ready cash; ready money (money in the form of cash that is readily available)

Derivation:

cash (exchange for cash)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Exchange for cash

Example:

I cashed the check as soon as it arrived in the mail

Synonyms:

cash; cash in

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "cash" is one way to...):

change; exchange; interchange (give to, and receive from, one another)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "cash"):

liquidate (convert into cash)

redeem (convert into cash; of commercial papers)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Also:

cash in on (take advantage of or capitalize on)

Derivation:

cash (money in the form of bills or coins)

cashable (able to be converted into ready money or the equivalent)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Failing any other indication, my researches must now take the direction of an inquiry at the bank for the gentleman who has cashed these checks.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He had been paid for his work by an English bank note, which had been duly cashed for gold at the Danube International Bank.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

They exploit for fame or cash the work which has been done by their indigent and unknown brethren.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Disability Assessment for Dementia (DAD) Handle his/her money adequately (deal with cash)?

(DAD - Handle Money Adequately, NCI Thesaurus)

The crew are his, body and soul. He could buy ’em at so much a gross with a cash discount, and he did it before ever they signed on.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Fame is a very good thing to have in the house, but cash is more convenient, so I wish to take the sense of the meeting on this important subject, said Jo, calling a family council.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

But he was quite easy and sneering. ‘Set your mind at rest,’ says he, ‘I will stay with you till the banks open and cash the cheque myself.’ So we all set off, the doctor, and the child’s father, and our friend and myself, and passed the rest of the night in my chambers; and next day, when we had breakfasted, went in a body to the bank.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Whether sea-going people were short of money about that time, or were short of faith and preferred cork jackets, I don't know; all I know is, that there was but one solitary bidding, and that was from an attorney connected with the bill-broking business, who offered two pounds in cash, and the balance in sherry, but declined to be guaranteed from drowning on any higher bargain.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

You may work on a side project on weekends that could bring in a lot of extra cash, as one example.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The last check but one paid her bill at Lausanne, but it was a large one and probably left her with cash in hand.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)