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单词 cash
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cash1

noun kaʃkæʃ
mass noun
  • 1Money in coins or notes, as distinct from cheques, money orders, or credit.

    (有别于支票、汇款单或银行存款的)钱,现金

    the staff were paid in cash

    职员工资以现金支付。

    a discount for cash

    现金折扣。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The days when cash, a cheque or a promissory note were the only methods of payment have passed.
    • These accounts don't offer checking services, which means that bill paying must be done with cash or money orders.
    • The $200 deposit can be made using travellers cheques, credit card or cash.
    • Wallets containing cash, credit cards and documents have also been taken from lockers and police report cases have increased in the last two months
    • The bag contained £10 in cash as well as credit cards, a cheque book, sunglasses, documents and a small leather purse.
    • In the finance office, the main coffer lock was detonated, damaging all papers, including vouchers, promissory notes, cash and cheque box.
    • Giving me my money as cash or a cheque, so that I can go and exchange that money for goods and services.
    • He took the victim's wallet containing cash and credit cards, and left the house.
    • The police also recovered Rs 30,000 cash and 29 coins from the box.
    • The cheques were deposited in the account and the money later withdrawn with cash cheques.
    • Your best bet is to buy your bonds directly from a bank or credit union, using cash or money in an existing account.
    • The account is then settled with cash, travellers cheques or a credit card at the end of the week.
    • Most credit cards and travellers' cheques are widely accepted, as are cash notes of the world's major trading currencies.
    • You can take Traveller cheques, cash, and a credit card.
    • If you need to be really strict with yourself, take cash (not cheques or credit cards) to shops so you can't spend more than you'd planned to.
    • Entities having cash credit accounts or bill accounts can now make repayments of their credit facilities in cash instead of a cheque or draft.
    • Payment by the bidders will have to be in cash or bank guaranteed cheques.
    • The men made off towards Sheen Road with the bag containing cash and cheques, a mobile phone and credit cards.
    • Most of us are only familiar with a few ways to spend money: cash, checks and credit cards.
    • When it comes to making major purchases, credit cards are far safer than cash or cheques.
    Synonyms
    money, ready money/cash, currency, legal tender, hard cash
    notes, bank notes
    coins, coinage, coin, coin of the realm, change, silver, copper
    North American bills
    informal dough, bread, loot, the ready, readies, shekels, moolah, wad, boodle, dibs, gelt, ducats, rhino, gravy
    British informal dosh, brass, lolly, spondulicks, wonga, ackers
    North American informal greenbacks, dinero, simoleons, bucks, jack, mazuma
    Australian/New Zealand informal Oscar
    informal, dated splosh, green, tin
    British dated l.s.d.
    North American informal, dated kale, rocks, shinplasters
    formal specie
    1. 1.1 Money in any form.
      she was always short of cash

      她总是缺钱。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • They say that patience pays - which probably explains why I'm always short of cash.
      • For those short on cash, down payments are not required for the program.
      • The lack of cash to fund the relatively new treatment has prompted Gavin's mother, Margaret, to write to politicians and the hospital for an explanation.
      • The trade association said most shoppers had been left short of cash to purchase domestic goods because of escalating house prices.
      • Little is made of the fact that household cash and savings deposits rose 8.3 per cent year-on-year in September.
      • A lack of venture capital cash has forced the company to look abroad for partners to develop its lead product, a treatment for cystic fibrosis.
      • Musicals are notoriously expensive, and a lack of cash tends to compromise their look and our enjoyment.
      • But it has been criticised for handing out large amounts of taxpayers' cash to wealthy private individuals.
      • A county council spokesman said the fund was not short of cash for paying pensioners.
      • At the same time, the push is on for private contributions of cash.
      • The Ellenor Foundation can turn old mobile phones, used postage stamps, empty toner and ink cartridges and foreign coins and notes into cash.
      • The fund was set up this year to address a perceived lack of venture capital cash for firms looking for investments of between £2m-5m.
      • Money is divided into cash for the most deprived areas, the second most deprived and projects to benefit all.
      • Despite living in an affluent suburb, nine mouths to feed meant the family was always scratching around for cash.
      • The Group remains in a negative cashflow position as it used its available cash to finance capital expenditure and retire debt.
      • Aid was being hampered only by the civil war and the difficulty of getting resources to the area, not by lack of cash.
      • Nine months later, they are nearing profitability and have substantial cash reserves to fund growth.
      • The former Sunday school building in Stanley Street, which is owned by Pendle Council, was threatened with closure last year due to a lack of cash to fund repairs.
      • Over the past three years, insurers have seriously depleted their reserves of cash, which they will need to build back up again.
      • Health bosses said the shortage has been heightened by practices going private, claiming demand and lack of cash was affecting their ability to treat patients.
      Synonyms
      finance, resources, funds, money, means, assets, wherewithal, capital, investment capital
verb kaʃkæʃ
[with object]
  • 1Give or obtain notes or coins for (a cheque or money order)

    将(支票,汇票)兑换成现金

    the bank cashed her cheque
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Once on holiday, it is likely that a second commission charge will be levied when cashing the cheques.
    • It is, further, the practice of many banks to cash cheques presented by a customer to a branch other than that with which he maintains his account.
    • She agreed to buy a pair of scissors for £9, but when the cheque was cashed at a bank it had been altered to £99.
    • After a phone call, they informed me that if I went into Kitchener, the post office there would have the money to cash the money order.
    • Hamilton says it was unintentional and points out that the cheques were cashed at different times, but he did receive double his expense back.
    • He turned out not only not to have any bulbs - his intention apparently was to steal them to order - but he failed to do even that before cashing the cheques.
    • Under the new regulations, all payees must present some form of photographic ID in order to cash URP cheques.
    • As an airline co-pilot he could readily cash a wage cheque and date the best bank tellers at the same time.
    • But as soon as he had finished laughing all the way to the bank and cashed the cheque, he was arrested on 24 counts of arson.
    • Recently there has been a spate of robberies against senior citizens who go to the bank to cash their pension cheques.
    • Cook had just been in and was en route to the bank to cash a cheque.
    • ‘I had problems cashing my traveller's cheques, the banks were closed and, for four days, I had no currency,’ said Alex.
    • He had cashed the money orders and spent them, and he wasn't even in the house like he was supposed to be.
    • Then there are people who live in far away places where there are no facilities such as banks and the cost of travelling to cash their cheques is far beyond what they receive.
    • If we are going to be cashing cheques for the bank, we could not face the cut in payment.
    • We would ask people to be especially careful when cashing cheques, particularly third party ones or from people they do not know.
    • Turnovers decreased, customers requested banking services such as cashing cheques, and there were difficulties with keeping appropriate levels and denominations of change.
    • What's more, some foreign banks charge fees of up to 6% for cashing travellers' cheques, so check before you hand over your cheques to the cashier!
    • His whole game is built around high intensity and energy, and McManus deposits work in the bank to allow his body to cash cheques on the field.
    • The clerk says it could be two weeks before I hear whether someone has cashed the money order.
    Synonyms
    exchange, change, convert into cash/money, turn into cash/money, encash, realize, liquidate
    honour, pay, accept, take
  • 2Bridge
    Lead (a high card) so as to take the opportunity to win a trick.

    〔桥牌〕出(必胜的牌)以赢一圈

    South cashed the ace, king, and queen of clubs
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Ann now cashes five clubs on which Bill discards down to the two aces and the 9
    • Usually, therefore, defense starts with one defender cashing a long suit, hoping that his partner will become void in the suit and be able to discard in another suit, or simply to pave the way for an attack in that same suit.

Phrases

  • cash down

    • With immediate and full payment at the time of purchase.

      即付现款;现款交易

      the price was £900 cash down

      价钱是900英镑,即付现款。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • ‘No one is walking in and putting cash down on new cars,’ said Pat Shanahan, owner of Isuzu dealership Airport Auto.
      • But City said it would have to be cash down or nothing.
  • cash in one's chips

    • informal Die.

      the two men never realized how close they had come to cashing in their chips
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Roddy was in our monthly poker group that included a rowdy, hard-living group, nearly all of whom have cashed in their chips and are still great memories.
      • ‘On the 11 th,’ he says, ‘I came close to cashing in my chips.’
      • The legendary Veronica Dunne sings the role of the Countess, who also cashes in her chips, but not until she has hit a few high notes.
  • cash in hand

    • Payment for goods and services in cash rather than by cheque or other means, typically as a way of avoiding the payment of tax on the amount earned.

      (尤指为逃避所得税)用现金支付

      as modifier a cash-in-hand job

      用现金支付的工作。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • We all know cases where somebody is working cash in hand and then signing on, not only is this person not paying tax but also is claiming benefit on top.
      • So, without identity documents, she had to shield her children from the authorities and eke out a living with odd cash in hand jobs.
      • They live in a caravan on a Welsh beach all summer, work cash in hand at a local pub, and spend four months of the winter here.
      • Often low on cash, they can be enticed into working for lower hourly rates of pay, cash in hand, and longer hours without penalty rates.
      • Most of those late-night and weekend workers operated on their own time, getting cash in hand for shop fittings and specialised work.
      • The court later heard that because the benefit the three defendants enjoyed was cash in hand, investigators had found it difficult to establish how much each had received.
      • There he met several other illegal immigrants who, like him, were prepared to work for wages well below the legal minimum - usually for around £2.50 to £3 per hour - as long as it was cash in hand.
      • Also the people that leave under these schemes go and find another job or work cash in hand to make more money.
      • His claims led to a fraud probe by the Employment Service which found that trainees were being paid cash in hand for jobs on the side with the knowledge and co-operation of some supervisors.
      • Occasionally, he would pop up playing gigs above pubs for £40 cash in hand, but compared with his profile of only a few years ago, he all but vanished.

Phrasal Verbs

  • cash in

    • Take advantage of or exploit (a situation)

      〈非正式〉利用

      the breweries were cashing in on the rediscovered taste for real ales

      酿酒厂从人们重新喜好散装啤酒这一情况中获利。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Unfortunately, it was the studio that was cashing in on the popularity.
      • Even the city's Resistance Museum is cashing in on the orgy of national pride with its exhibit on Rembrandt in second world war propaganda.
      • Fraudsters and scam artists are cashing in on the generosity of the public according to Trading Standard officials.
      • The oil companies stress they cannot cash in this profit because they have to replenish stocks.
      • The shop branched out to include sports clothing as well as trainers and soon he was cashing in on an unlikely new rage for casual sportswear.
      • Or do you, like me, feel exploited by big institutions cashing in on the phenomenon?
      • Their offspring may have to become clerks in the shopping markets instead of cashing in on the reputation of their parents.
      • To a certain extent, he's cashing in on the latest literary fad.
      • The Delhi Metro is also hopeful of cashing in on its growing popularity.
      • It made him smile and he smiled all the way to the bank, cashing in on his fake war experiences to get himself a name.
      • He doesn't make any apologies, however, about cashing in on the pink dollar.
      • Pirates have been cashing in on the time lag in the film's release by showing illegal copies of the movies in small towns.
      • No wonder the teeny cosmetics market is cashing in, targeting their lip-gloss and nail polish at increasingly younger kids.
      • Children constitute a large and attractive market segment and the broadcasting industry is cashing in on that.
      • These problems haven't stopped the contractors fighting over the Railtrack maintenance budget from cashing in.
      • The university, students and local community council have all accused the hotel owners of cashing in on the royal connection.
      • It is true - not only are the hotels cashing in, but the local rental market is booming.
      • At present I really do think this hybrid idea is just a case of Toyota and Lexus cashing in on the lunacy of the environmental movement.
      • Supermarkets have been accused of cashing in on the organic food boom by misleading consumers over Scottish salmon.
      • The hysteria around the idea that we are swamped with illegal refugees cashing in on our natural benevolence is mounting daily.
      Synonyms
      take advantage of, turn to one's advantage, exploit
  • cash something in

    • Convert an insurance policy, savings account, or other investment into money.

      把(保险单、储蓄账户或其他投资)兑现

      hundreds of savers cashed in their investments
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It may be cold comfort for Irish policyholders who will lose up to 15 per cent of the value of their investments if they cash them in, but British policyholders are worse off.
      • Investment earnings would be taxed once they are cashed in and you have used them to buy something.
      • The retailer can then either choose to keep circulating the money by spending it at another store, or cash it in at a 90 per cent exchange, with the remaining 10 per cent donated to charity.
      • Because of fluctuating stock prices, customers require up-to-date valuations on their investments to decide if they should cash them in.
      • Never invest in share or share-based investment plans unless they give you the flexibility to cash them in at a time of your choosing - that is, when the market is doing well.
      • If an investor wants to cash their policy in, then the insurer has to make an adjustment to the policy value in order to be fair to the investors who are left behind.
      • The decision with-profits investors have to make is whether to keep their investments or to cash them in.
      • The change in tax treatment of life assurance investment products from the beginning of this year means funds are allowed to grow tax-free until the investor cashes them in.
      • The minimum purchase is four units, which costs €25, and prize bonds can be cashed in at any time.
      • Is it worth keeping this going or should I cash it in and invest elsewhere?
      • Do we cash them in for money at the end of our time?
      • I would like to know if you think it makes sense to cash it in and use the proceeds to buy an investment property towards my retirement instead?
      • You will probably find that, as well as cashing them in on their 10th birthday, you can either continue your contributions or cease paying in, but leave in the money invested so far.
      • But the outcome would normally be that the policy would be cashed in before the superannuation fund moneys were paid over.
      • Either way, you're likely to get a much better return on your money and you also have the flexibility to cash it in when the time is right.
      • A puzzler for the impaired - what sort of ‘asset’ requires that you borrow more money to cash it in?
      • Just this past week a person who is two months away from becoming a pensioner told me he wished he had, every time he changed his job, invested his pension money rather than cashing it in.
      • Young investors have more opportunities for riskier financial plans as they are not dependent on it for an income and can wait to cash it in when their investments are at a high.
      • It can only assume the holdings were cashed in, or transferred to someone else.
      • When the policy is cashed in, the firm recoups only the amount it paid in premiums.
  • cash out

    • 1Cost.

      juicy baked chicken cashed out at $7
    • 2Convert an insurance policy, savings account, or other investment into money.

      把(保险单、储蓄账户或其他投资)兑现

      most of them cashed out when their stock options reached a certain optimum level
  • cash up

    • Count and check takings at the end of a day's trading.

      〈英〉(对一天的营业进行)结算

      two staff were cashing up at one of the tills
      Example sentencesExamples
      • There was no sign of the tills having been cashed up.
      • At the time the assistant manager was on holiday, so I was left essentially running the shop with the manager coming in for a few hours to cash up and open/close the shop.
      • My final chance, as far as I could see, was as we were cashing up.
      • ‘You cash up at the end of the day and you are directly responsible for your sales,’ she said.
      • Mr Harteveld said: ‘I was cashing up when I heard a noise.’
      • Still, something to think about when I get around to cashing up the penny jar, eh?
      • However, as well as the good craic and the laughs, there was also the hard work behind the scenes, as Angela found time for bookkeeping, stocking the shop and cashing up at the end of the day.
      • It's getting close to 6.00 pm when I start cashing up and the other member of staff comes upstairs to work the main till.
      • On October 3 he was in charge of cashing up because the manager was absent and stole £1, 750, three days' takings, and also took a Ford Mondeo car that he had not fully paid for from the owner of the club.
      • At the end of the day I was cashed up and it was found that I had accepted two forged tenners.
      • I unlocked the office and settled for the morning's work of cashing up the previous day's takings, within less than a minute the fire alarm sounded!
      • Nearly £18,000 was taken in the raid when two members of staff who were cashing up a Saturday night's takings were attacked.
      • That could suggest consumers may prove to be more cautious when the tills are cashed up this Christmas.
      • When the clock struck 10 pm, Mr Gunn cashed up the day's takings and closed the premises, ready to go home.
      • We had four people working full time just cashing up and going to the bank.
      • The last remaining regular had finished off his pint minutes earlier and the assistant manager locked the front door and started to cash up the night's takings
      • Police said the pair waited until the pub was empty before bursting in as the landlord and the barmaid were cashing up.
      • When the boss is cashing up at work, don't fiddle with the PC and turn it off half way though ‘by mistake'. He gets angry.
      • Everyone else had gone home and we had finished cashing up.
      • This is so that when he finishes his shift he can just dump the money then leave rather than have to spend another half an hour cashing up.

Derivatives

  • cashable

  • adjective ˈkaʃəb(ə)lˈkæʃəb(ə)l
    • The vast bulk of state benefits would be paid electronically using ‘a plastic card’, rather than through vouchers cashable at post offices.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The efficiency challenge, which was set by the Government, means it is obligatory for the council to make a 2.5 per cent saving every year for three years, of which at least half must be cashable finance.
      • Go ahead with the tournament and take a chance on the checks being cashable when the banks open.
      • He proposed that Grant send with each order a cheque for 30% of the order and a letter of credit for 50% of the order, cashable at what he referred to as the billing date.

Origin

Late 16th century (denoting a box for money): from Old French casse or Italian cassa 'box', from Latin capsa (see case2).

  • case from Middle English:

    Case ‘an instance’ is something that happens or befalls, coming via French from Latin casus ‘a fall’, also the source of casual (Late Middle English). The case meaning ‘container’ is from Old French casse, the modern forms of which is caisse ‘trunk, chest’, based on Latin capsa, related to capere ‘to hold’ (see capable). Latin capsa is also the base of late Middle English capsule, a general term at first for ‘a small container’, and cash (late 16th century) originally meaning ‘money-box’. The same base gave rise to late Middle English casement, which was first recorded as an architectural term for a hollow moulding.

Rhymes

abash, ash, Ashe, bash, brash, cache, calash, clash, crash, dash, encash, flash, gnash, hash, lash, mash, Nash, panache, pash, plash, rash, sash, slash, smash, soutache, splash, stash, thrash, trash

cash2

noun kaʃkæʃ
historical
  • A coin of low value from China, southern India, or SE Asia.

    〈史〉(中国、印度南部或东南亚等地的)低值硬币,小钱

Origin

Late 16th century: from Portuguese caixa, from Tamil kāsu, influenced by cash1.

cash1

nounkaSHkæʃ
  • 1Money in coins or notes, as distinct from checks, money orders, or credit.

    (有别于支票、汇款单或银行存款的)钱,现金

    the staff were paid in cash

    职员工资以现金支付。

    a discount for cash

    现金折扣。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The days when cash, a cheque or a promissory note were the only methods of payment have passed.
    • Giving me my money as cash or a cheque, so that I can go and exchange that money for goods and services.
    • The cheques were deposited in the account and the money later withdrawn with cash cheques.
    • The bag contained £10 in cash as well as credit cards, a cheque book, sunglasses, documents and a small leather purse.
    • The police also recovered Rs 30,000 cash and 29 coins from the box.
    • He took the victim's wallet containing cash and credit cards, and left the house.
    • Most of us are only familiar with a few ways to spend money: cash, checks and credit cards.
    • Most credit cards and travellers' cheques are widely accepted, as are cash notes of the world's major trading currencies.
    • Wallets containing cash, credit cards and documents have also been taken from lockers and police report cases have increased in the last two months
    • Your best bet is to buy your bonds directly from a bank or credit union, using cash or money in an existing account.
    • If you need to be really strict with yourself, take cash (not cheques or credit cards) to shops so you can't spend more than you'd planned to.
    • Entities having cash credit accounts or bill accounts can now make repayments of their credit facilities in cash instead of a cheque or draft.
    • In the finance office, the main coffer lock was detonated, damaging all papers, including vouchers, promissory notes, cash and cheque box.
    • Payment by the bidders will have to be in cash or bank guaranteed cheques.
    • When it comes to making major purchases, credit cards are far safer than cash or cheques.
    • These accounts don't offer checking services, which means that bill paying must be done with cash or money orders.
    • The men made off towards Sheen Road with the bag containing cash and cheques, a mobile phone and credit cards.
    • The account is then settled with cash, travellers cheques or a credit card at the end of the week.
    • The $200 deposit can be made using travellers cheques, credit card or cash.
    • You can take Traveller cheques, cash, and a credit card.
    Synonyms
    money, ready cash, ready money, currency, legal tender, hard cash
    1. 1.1 Money in any form, especially that which is immediately available.
      钱;现款
      she was always short of cash

      她总是缺钱。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Despite living in an affluent suburb, nine mouths to feed meant the family was always scratching around for cash.
      • Aid was being hampered only by the civil war and the difficulty of getting resources to the area, not by lack of cash.
      • The trade association said most shoppers had been left short of cash to purchase domestic goods because of escalating house prices.
      • Over the past three years, insurers have seriously depleted their reserves of cash, which they will need to build back up again.
      • The lack of cash to fund the relatively new treatment has prompted Gavin's mother, Margaret, to write to politicians and the hospital for an explanation.
      • At the same time, the push is on for private contributions of cash.
      • Musicals are notoriously expensive, and a lack of cash tends to compromise their look and our enjoyment.
      • The fund was set up this year to address a perceived lack of venture capital cash for firms looking for investments of between £2m-5m.
      • Little is made of the fact that household cash and savings deposits rose 8.3 per cent year-on-year in September.
      • Nine months later, they are nearing profitability and have substantial cash reserves to fund growth.
      • But it has been criticised for handing out large amounts of taxpayers' cash to wealthy private individuals.
      • The Group remains in a negative cashflow position as it used its available cash to finance capital expenditure and retire debt.
      • The former Sunday school building in Stanley Street, which is owned by Pendle Council, was threatened with closure last year due to a lack of cash to fund repairs.
      • Money is divided into cash for the most deprived areas, the second most deprived and projects to benefit all.
      • The Ellenor Foundation can turn old mobile phones, used postage stamps, empty toner and ink cartridges and foreign coins and notes into cash.
      • They say that patience pays - which probably explains why I'm always short of cash.
      • For those short on cash, down payments are not required for the program.
      • Health bosses said the shortage has been heightened by practices going private, claiming demand and lack of cash was affecting their ability to treat patients.
      • A lack of venture capital cash has forced the company to look abroad for partners to develop its lead product, a treatment for cystic fibrosis.
      • A county council spokesman said the fund was not short of cash for paying pensioners.
      Synonyms
      finance, resources, funds, money, means, assets, wherewithal, capital, investment capital
verbkaSHkæʃ
[with object]
  • 1Give or obtain notes or coins for (a check or money order).

    将(支票,汇票)兑换成现金

    Example sentencesExamples
    • We would ask people to be especially careful when cashing cheques, particularly third party ones or from people they do not know.
    • He had cashed the money orders and spent them, and he wasn't even in the house like he was supposed to be.
    • If we are going to be cashing cheques for the bank, we could not face the cut in payment.
    • The clerk says it could be two weeks before I hear whether someone has cashed the money order.
    • He turned out not only not to have any bulbs - his intention apparently was to steal them to order - but he failed to do even that before cashing the cheques.
    • It is, further, the practice of many banks to cash cheques presented by a customer to a branch other than that with which he maintains his account.
    • Hamilton says it was unintentional and points out that the cheques were cashed at different times, but he did receive double his expense back.
    • Turnovers decreased, customers requested banking services such as cashing cheques, and there were difficulties with keeping appropriate levels and denominations of change.
    • Recently there has been a spate of robberies against senior citizens who go to the bank to cash their pension cheques.
    • What's more, some foreign banks charge fees of up to 6% for cashing travellers' cheques, so check before you hand over your cheques to the cashier!
    • After a phone call, they informed me that if I went into Kitchener, the post office there would have the money to cash the money order.
    • Once on holiday, it is likely that a second commission charge will be levied when cashing the cheques.
    • She agreed to buy a pair of scissors for £9, but when the cheque was cashed at a bank it had been altered to £99.
    • But as soon as he had finished laughing all the way to the bank and cashed the cheque, he was arrested on 24 counts of arson.
    • Under the new regulations, all payees must present some form of photographic ID in order to cash URP cheques.
    • Then there are people who live in far away places where there are no facilities such as banks and the cost of travelling to cash their cheques is far beyond what they receive.
    • As an airline co-pilot he could readily cash a wage cheque and date the best bank tellers at the same time.
    • His whole game is built around high intensity and energy, and McManus deposits work in the bank to allow his body to cash cheques on the field.
    • Cook had just been in and was en route to the bank to cash a cheque.
    • ‘I had problems cashing my traveller's cheques, the banks were closed and, for four days, I had no currency,’ said Alex.
    Synonyms
    exchange, change, convert into cash, convert into money, turn into cash, turn into money, encash, realize, liquidate
    1. 1.1Bridge Lead (a high card) so as to take the opportunity to win a trick.
      〔桥牌〕出(必胜的牌)以赢一圈
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Usually, therefore, defense starts with one defender cashing a long suit, hoping that his partner will become void in the suit and be able to discard in another suit, or simply to pave the way for an attack in that same suit.
      • Ann now cashes five clubs on which Bill discards down to the two aces and the 9

Phrases

  • cash in one's chips

    • informal Die.

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The legendary Veronica Dunne sings the role of the Countess, who also cashes in her chips, but not until she has hit a few high notes.
      • Roddy was in our monthly poker group that included a rowdy, hard-living group, nearly all of whom have cashed in their chips and are still great memories.
      • ‘On the 11 th,’ he says, ‘I came close to cashing in my chips.’

Phrasal Verbs

  • cash in

    • Take advantage of or exploit (a situation)

      〈非正式〉利用

      the breweries were cashing in on the rediscovered taste for real ales

      酿酒厂从人们重新喜好散装啤酒这一情况中获利。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Supermarkets have been accused of cashing in on the organic food boom by misleading consumers over Scottish salmon.
      • The Delhi Metro is also hopeful of cashing in on its growing popularity.
      • The hysteria around the idea that we are swamped with illegal refugees cashing in on our natural benevolence is mounting daily.
      • Fraudsters and scam artists are cashing in on the generosity of the public according to Trading Standard officials.
      • It is true - not only are the hotels cashing in, but the local rental market is booming.
      • The oil companies stress they cannot cash in this profit because they have to replenish stocks.
      • It made him smile and he smiled all the way to the bank, cashing in on his fake war experiences to get himself a name.
      • No wonder the teeny cosmetics market is cashing in, targeting their lip-gloss and nail polish at increasingly younger kids.
      • To a certain extent, he's cashing in on the latest literary fad.
      • He doesn't make any apologies, however, about cashing in on the pink dollar.
      • Pirates have been cashing in on the time lag in the film's release by showing illegal copies of the movies in small towns.
      • Even the city's Resistance Museum is cashing in on the orgy of national pride with its exhibit on Rembrandt in second world war propaganda.
      • Children constitute a large and attractive market segment and the broadcasting industry is cashing in on that.
      • Unfortunately, it was the studio that was cashing in on the popularity.
      • The shop branched out to include sports clothing as well as trainers and soon he was cashing in on an unlikely new rage for casual sportswear.
      • Their offspring may have to become clerks in the shopping markets instead of cashing in on the reputation of their parents.
      • Or do you, like me, feel exploited by big institutions cashing in on the phenomenon?
      • At present I really do think this hybrid idea is just a case of Toyota and Lexus cashing in on the lunacy of the environmental movement.
      • The university, students and local community council have all accused the hotel owners of cashing in on the royal connection.
      • These problems haven't stopped the contractors fighting over the Railtrack maintenance budget from cashing in.
      Synonyms
      take advantage of, turn to one's advantage, exploit
  • cash something in

    • Convert an insurance policy, savings account, or other investment into money.

      把(保险单、储蓄账户或其他投资)兑现

      Example sentencesExamples
      • When the policy is cashed in, the firm recoups only the amount it paid in premiums.
      • Investment earnings would be taxed once they are cashed in and you have used them to buy something.
      • Just this past week a person who is two months away from becoming a pensioner told me he wished he had, every time he changed his job, invested his pension money rather than cashing it in.
      • The minimum purchase is four units, which costs €25, and prize bonds can be cashed in at any time.
      • Never invest in share or share-based investment plans unless they give you the flexibility to cash them in at a time of your choosing - that is, when the market is doing well.
      • The retailer can then either choose to keep circulating the money by spending it at another store, or cash it in at a 90 per cent exchange, with the remaining 10 per cent donated to charity.
      • Because of fluctuating stock prices, customers require up-to-date valuations on their investments to decide if they should cash them in.
      • It can only assume the holdings were cashed in, or transferred to someone else.
      • A puzzler for the impaired - what sort of ‘asset’ requires that you borrow more money to cash it in?
      • It may be cold comfort for Irish policyholders who will lose up to 15 per cent of the value of their investments if they cash them in, but British policyholders are worse off.
      • Young investors have more opportunities for riskier financial plans as they are not dependent on it for an income and can wait to cash it in when their investments are at a high.
      • The decision with-profits investors have to make is whether to keep their investments or to cash them in.
      • Is it worth keeping this going or should I cash it in and invest elsewhere?
      • Either way, you're likely to get a much better return on your money and you also have the flexibility to cash it in when the time is right.
      • You will probably find that, as well as cashing them in on their 10th birthday, you can either continue your contributions or cease paying in, but leave in the money invested so far.
      • Do we cash them in for money at the end of our time?
      • If an investor wants to cash their policy in, then the insurer has to make an adjustment to the policy value in order to be fair to the investors who are left behind.
      • I would like to know if you think it makes sense to cash it in and use the proceeds to buy an investment property towards my retirement instead?
      • The change in tax treatment of life assurance investment products from the beginning of this year means funds are allowed to grow tax-free until the investor cashes them in.
      • But the outcome would normally be that the policy would be cashed in before the superannuation fund moneys were paid over.
  • cash out

    • 1Cost.

      juicy baked chicken cashed out at $7
    • 2Convert an insurance policy, savings account, or other investment into money.

      把(保险单、储蓄账户或其他投资)兑现

      most of them cashed out when their stock options reached a certain optimum level

Origin

Late 16th century (denoting a box for money): from Old French casse or Italian cassa ‘box’, from Latin capsa (see case).

cash2

nounkaSHkæʃ
historical
  • A coin of low value from China, southern India, or Southeast Asia.

    〈史〉(中国、印度南部或东南亚等地的)低值硬币,小钱

Origin

Late 16th century: from Portuguese caixa, from Tamil kāsu, influenced by cash.

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