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cash something in Definition


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cash
noun
    1. Coins or paper money, as distinct from cheques, credit cards, etc.
      Thesaurus: hard cash, notes, green stuff (US slang).
    2. colloq
      Money in any form.
verb
    cashes, cashed, cashing
    1. To obtain or give cash in return for (a cheque, traveller's cheque, postal order, etc).
Idiom: cash down
    colloq
    With payment immediately on purchase.
Idiom: cash on delivery
    With payment for goods immediately on delivery.
Etymology: 16c: from French casse box, from Latin capsa coffer.

Phrasal Verb: cash something in
    To exchange (tokens, vouchers, etc) for money.
Phrasal Verb: cash in on something
    To make money, or profit in some other way, by exploiting a situation, etc.
Phrasal Verb: cash up
    Said of a shopkeeper, etc: to count up the money taken, usually at the end of a day.


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