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[ [= D. kas, cash, also box, chest, Sw. ka a = Ru . ka a, money, Twenty you sand pounds are known to be in her cash . Sir R. Winwood , Memorials, iii. 281. This bank is properly a general cash where every one lodges his money. Sir W. Temple , United Provinces, ii. 2. Money; primarily, ready money; money on hand or at command. The real wealth of a nation, consisting in its labor and commodities, is to be estimated by the sign of that wealth - its circulating cash . A. Hamilton , Works, I. 225. Hard cash. (a) Hard money; coin; specie. (b) Money in hand; actual money, as distinguished from other property. Syn. 2. See money. cash2 (kash), v. t. [