cash

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun money in the form of bills or coins
  2. noun prompt payment for goods or services in currency or by check
  3. noun United States country music singer and songwriter (1932-2003)

Etymology

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”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

hard cash, hard currency

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