See Also: cither(dictionary)
Cash on Cash Return(money)
Cash on cash return(finance)
Cash-on-cash return(money)
Cash(money)
Cash Cow(money)
cash bar(dictionary)
cash(4)(dictionary)
cash(3)(dictionary)
cash(2)(dictionary)

cash(2) (iou) and cither (iou)


cash(2) (iou)



cash noun1. L16.
[French casse or its source Italian cassa from Latin capsa CASE noun2.]
a. A box for money; a cash-box. L16-M18.
b. A sum of money. L17-M18.
Ready money, actual coins, notes, etc., (opp. credit); (in banking and commerce) coins, or coins and banknotes, as opp. to cheques and orders; gen. (colloq.) money, wealth. L16.
cash and carry (designating) a system whereby the purchaser pays cash for (bulk orders of) goods and takes them away personally; (a store) trading thus. cash down: see DOWN adverb. cash on delivery the forwarding of goods against cash to be paid to the postman or carrier; abbreviation COD. hard cash (a) coins as opp. to paper money; (b) money as opp. to cheques etc. petty cash: see PETTY adjective.
Comb.: cash-account: to which nothing is carried but cash received and cash paid; cashback (a) an incentive offered to buyers of cars or Other products whereby they receive a cash refund after making their purchase; (b) a facility offered by retailers whereby customers may withdraw cash when making a debit card purchase, the amount withdrawn being added to their bill; cash-book: in which is entered a record of all cash paid and received; cash-box a box where cash is kept; cashcard a coded card inserted into a cash-dispenser to make a withdrawal; cash cow colloq. a business, project, etc., which provides a steady cash flow, esp. one considered as an attractive take-over target; cash crop (orig. US): cultivated primarily for its commercial value (as opp. to subsistence); cash desk a desk where cash is taken in a shop etc.; cash dispenser: see DISPENSER 3; cash flow the movement of money as affecting liquidity, or as a measure of profitability; cash nexus the relationship constituted by monetary transactions; cash payment: in ready money; cashpoint (a location of) a cash-dispenser; cash price: for payment in ready money (the lowest); cash register a till which visibly records the amount of each purchase, totals receipts, etc.; cash-sale: for ready money; cash surrender value the value of an insurance policy etc. cashed before it matures; cash value (a) the value in cash, spec. = cash surrender value above; (b) Philosophy the empirical content of a concept, word, or proposition.
cashless adjective M18.

cither (iou)



cither noun. Now rare. E17.
[formed as CITHARA.]
A cithara; a cittern.