The meaning of Cash

verb

Consent to receive or undertake (something offered).

Usage examples:

He accepted a pen as a present

noun

A printed or written statement of the money owed for goods or services.

Usage examples:

The bill for their meal came to £17

verb

List (a person or event) in a programme.

Usage examples:

They were billed to appear but did not show up

verb

(of birds, especially doves) stroke bill with bill during courtship.

Usage examples:

Two birds, perfectly white, pink-beaked, dark-eyed, pigeons, settled on the ledge outside my window…

noun

Money, especially that gained or spent illegally or improperly.

Usage examples:

He's spending tons of boodle

noun

Money, especially money that is obtained or used in a dishonest way

Usage examples:

In any big land transaction, you get middlemen scrambling for their share of the boodle.

noun

Food made of flour, water, and yeast mixed together and baked.

Usage examples:

A loaf of bread

verb

Coat (food) with breadcrumbs before cooking.

Usage examples:

Bread the chicken and fry it in oil.

noun

A basic food made from flour, water, and yeast mixed together and baked

Usage examples:

[ u ] a slice/loaf of bread

verb

Make (someone or something) different; alter or modify.

Usage examples:

Both parties voted against proposals to change the law

noun

An act or process through which something becomes different.

Usage examples:

The change from a nomadic to an agricultural society

noun

A flat disc or piece of metal with an official stamp, used as money.

Usage examples:

She opened her purse and took out a coin

verb

Make (coins) by stamping metal.

Usage examples:

Guineas and half-guineas were coined

noun

Coins collectively.

Usage examples:

The volume of coinage in circulation

noun

Money made of coins

noun

A set of coins of different values used in a country's money system

Usage examples:

Only when their local coinage disappears will they develop a euro mindset.

noun

A flat disc or piece of metal with an official stamp, used as money.

Usage examples:

She opened her purse and took out a coin

verb

Make (coins) by stamping metal.

Usage examples:

Guineas and half-guineas were coined

noun

A small, flat, round piece of metal used as money, with a number showing its value and often a decorative picture

Usage examples:

Let’s flip a coin to see who goes first., he fished about in his pockets, taking out a handful of c…

noun

A red-brown metal, the chemical element of atomic number 29.

Usage examples:

In addition, fruit juices are rich in essential minerals like iron, copper, potassium, sodium, iodi…

verb

Cover or coat (something) with copper.

Usage examples:

Some iron hulls were sheathed with wood and then coppered

noun

A police officer.

Usage examples:

How do you know the coppers won't know you weren't there?

noun

A system of money in general use in a particular country.

Usage examples:

The dollar was a strong currency

noun

The money in use in a particular country

Usage examples:

[ c ] the us dollar fell yesterday against most foreign currencies., the idea that computer use enh…

noun

The system of money that is used in a particular country at a particular time

Usage examples:

Domestic/foreign/local currency the deal will be done in the local currency., stable/strong/weak cu…

verb

Another term for dap1.

plural noun

The right to share or choose something.

Usage examples:

They want dibs on the poster

plural noun

Money.

Usage examples:

Well, artsfans, no longer will you have to schlepp down to churchill square or crook your dialing f…

noun

A thick, malleable mixture of flour and liquid, used for baking into bread or pastry.

Usage examples:

Add water to the flour and mix to a manageable dough

noun

A flour mixture stiff enough to knead or roll

noun

Flour mixed with water and other food substances so that it is ready for baking esp. into bread or pastry

abbreviation

Depleted uranium.

noun

A unit of measurement for the total amount of ozone in the atmosphere above a point on the earth's surface, one dobson unit being equivalent to a layer of pure ozone 0.01 mm thick at standard temperature and pressure.

adjective

Used in restaurants to describe a dish that is available on a particular day and is different from those available on other days. du jour is french for "of the day"

Usage examples:

The soup du jour is roasted red pepper and tomato., i'll have the omelette du jour.

verb

Convert (a cheque, money order, bond, etc.) into money.

Usage examples:

After the payment of one year's contribution you may encash your bond at any time

verb

To exchange a cheque or a financial product such as a bond for money

Usage examples:

If you encash your investment before the end of the term, you pay a £30 administration fee., the bo…

noun

An act of giving one thing and receiving another (especially of the same kind) in return.

Usage examples:

Negotiations should lead to an exchange of land for peace

verb

Short for telephone exchange.

verb

To change something for something else of a similar value or type

Usage examples:

This shirt is too small – can i exchange it for one in a larger size?, before we left the meeting, …

noun

Money.

Usage examples:

I just wish i could remember the url and help them make some more gelt.

noun

High respect; great esteem.

Usage examples:

His portrait hangs in the place of honour

verb

Regard with great respect.

Usage examples:

They honoured their parents in all they did

verb

To do what you promised or agreed to do

Usage examples:

Honour an agreement/contract/deal all existing contracts will be honoured., honour a commitment/ple…

verb

Wind up the affairs of (a business) by ascertaining liabilities and apportioning assets.

Usage examples:

If the company was liquidated, there would be enough funds released to honour the debts

verb

To sell your investments or property to make them available in the form of money

Usage examples:

Investors have started to liquidate their mutual funds., the company was forced into liquidation.

verb

If a business liquidates or is liquidated, it is closed so that its assets can be sold to pay its debts

Usage examples:

The only way for management to return value to shareholders in the short term is to liquidate the c…

noun

Private property taken from an enemy in war.

Usage examples:

The rooms were stuffed with the loot from francis's expeditions into italy

verb

Steal goods from (a place), typically during a war or riot.

Usage examples:

Desperate residents looted shops for food and water

verb

(said esp. of large numbers of people) to steal from stores

Usage examples:

[ i ] riot police were sent to prevent the mob from looting., [ t ] the officers of the corporation…

noun

A current medium of exchange in the form of coins and banknotes; coins and banknotes collectively.

Usage examples:

I counted the money before putting it in my wallet

noun

The coins or bills with their value on them that are used to buy things, or the total amount of these that someone has

Usage examples:

I need a dollar – have you got any money on you?, there’s not much money in our savings account., w…

noun

The value of what a person or organization owns, keeps in a bank, has in investments, or spends

Usage examples:

His estate is worth a lot of money., she makes more money than he does., publishers earn money from…

noun

Money.

Usage examples:

I now owe frightening sums of moolah, but should be able to clear my credit cards, thereby reducing…

noun

A brief record of points or ideas written down as an aid to memory.

Usage examples:

I'll make a note in my diary

verb

Notice or pay particular attention to (something).

Usage examples:

He noted his mother's unusual gaiety

phrase

Information written on paper

Usage examples:

The wind blew my notes all over the room., the reporter took notes throughout the interview., i mad…

verb

Give (someone) money that is due for work done, goods received, or a debt incurred.

Usage examples:

The traveller paid a guide to show him across

noun

The money paid to someone for regular work.

Usage examples:

An entitlement to sickness pay

verb

Seal (the deck or seams of a wooden ship) with pitch or tar to prevent leakage.

Usage examples:

An open groove between the planks had to be payed by running in hot pitch from a special ladle

verb

Become fully aware of (something) as a fact; understand clearly.

Usage examples:

He realized his mistake at once

verb

Be fully aware or cognizant of

verb

To become aware of or understand a situation

Usage examples:

He realized the store would be closing in a few minutes., [ + (that) clause ] suddenly i realized (…

noun

The basic monetary unit of modern israel, equal to 100 agorot.

Usage examples:

This takes time, effort and a not inconsiderable number of dollars, pounds, baht or shekels.

noun

A precious shiny greyish-white metal, the chemical element of atomic number 47.

Usage examples:

Beryllium, calcium, silver and antimony have no appreciable effect on mechanical properties.

adjective

Made of or coloured like silver.

Usage examples:

A silver necklace

verb

Short for silver medal.

Usage examples:

She won three silvers

verb

Lay hold of (something) with one's hands; reach for and hold.

Usage examples:

Mrs morgan took another biscuit

noun

A scene or sequence of sound or vision photographed or recorded continuously at one time.

Usage examples:

He completed a particularly difficult scene in two takes

verb

Get into one's hands

noun

A mass or lump of a soft material, used for padding, stuffing, or wiping.

Usage examples:

A wad of lint-free rag

verb

Compress (a soft material) into a lump or mass.

Usage examples:

Wad the strips over and over so that they ball up

noun

A number of thin pieces of something pressed together, or something pressed into a lump

Usage examples:

A wad of bills/cash, a wad of chewing gum, he wadded his towel into a ball.