n. [ F. caisse case, box, cash box, cash. See Case a box. ] A place where money is kept, or where it is deposited and paid out; a money box. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
This bank is properly a general cash, where every man lodges his money. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]
£20, 000 are known to be in her cash. Sir R. Winwood. [ 1913 Webster ]
Cash account (Bookkeeping),
Cash boy,
Cash credit,
Cash sales,
v. t.
v. t. [ See Cashier. ] To disband. [ Obs. ] Garges. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. sing. & pl. A Chinese coin. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ In 1913 the cash (Chinese tsien) was the only current coin made by the chinese government. It is a thin circular disk of a very base alloy of copper, with a square hole in the center. 1, 000 to 1, 400 cash were equivalent to a dollar. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]
adj. able to be converted into ready money;
n. (Bookkeeping) A book in which is kept a register of money received or paid out. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a box for holding cash.
adj. converted into currency; -- of financial instruments;
n. [ F. acajou, for cajou, prob. from Malay kāyu tree; cf. Pg. acaju, cf. Acajou. ]
Cashew nut,
n. [ F. caissier, fr. caisse. See Cash. ] One who has charge of money; a cash keeper; the officer who has charge of the payments and receipts (moneys, checks, notes), of a bank or a mercantile company. [ 1913 Webster ]