Cash

kash, n. coin or money: ready money.— v.t. to turn into or exchange for money: to pay money for.— ns. Cash′-account′ , an account to which nothing is carried but cash: a form of account with a bank, by which a person is entitled to draw out sums as required by way of loan to a stipulated amount—also called Cash′-cred′it ; Cash′-book , a book in which an account is kept of the receipts and disbursements of money; Cashier′ , a cash-keeper: one who has charge of the receiving and paying of money; Cash′-pay′ment , payment in ready money; Cash′-rail′way , a mechanical device adopted in large shops and warehouses for the interchange of cash between the counters and the cash-desk.— Hard cash , ready money; Out of cash , or In cash , without or with money: out of, or in, pocket. [A doublet of Case , a box—O. Fr. ca e , a box.]