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Added 7 October 2026

cash

/ˈkæʃ/ noun

Latin root: capsa Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about cash at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Money in the form of bills or coins.
there is a desperate shortage of hard cash
Prompt payment for goods or services in currency or by check.
United States country music singer and songwriter (1932-2003).

verb

Exchange for cash.
I cashed the check as soon as it arrived in the mail

Origin

From late Middle French caisse (“money-box”), itself borrowed from Occitan caissa, from Latin capsa (“box”), ultimately from capiō (“take, seize”), from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“grasp”). Doublet of case, chase, and chasse. Compare Spanish caja (“box”).

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