Cash

n. [Fr. caisse, case, box, cash-box, cash, It. cassa. See CASE, a box.]

1Sense 1. A place where money is kept, or where it is deposited and paid out.

This bank is properly a general cash, where every man lodges his money, because he esteems it safer . . . than if it were in his own coffers at home. Temple.

2Sense 2. (Com.) Coin or specie;— sometimes also applied to bank-notes, drafts, bonds, or any paper easily convertible into money.

Synonyms—See MONEY.

n. A Chinese copper coin, perforated and strung on a thread, worth about one tenth of a cent.

[imp. & p. p. CASHED (kăsht); p. pr. & vb. n. CASHING.] To turn into cash, or to exchange for money; as, to cash a note or an order.

[For cashier.] To discard. [Obs.] Gorges.