Tra từ cash - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

cash [cash cashes cashed cashing] noun, verb BrE [kæʃ] NAmE [kæʃ]
noun

uncountable
1. money in the form of coins or notes/bills
• How much cash do you have on you?
• Payments can be made by cheque or in cash.
•Customers are offered a 10% discount if they pay cash.
•The thieves stole £500 in cash.
see also ↑hard cash, ↑petty cash
2. (informal)money in any form
• The museum needs to find ways of raising cash.
• I'm short of cash right now.
•I'm constantly strapped for cash (= without enough money).
•Local schools have been starved of cash for a number of years.

Word Origin:
late 16th cent. (denoting a box for money): from Old French casse or Italian cassa ‘box’, from Latin capsa, related to capere ‘to hold’.

Thesaurus:
cash noun
1. U
•Payments can be made by cheque or in cash.
money • • change •
draw out/get out/take out/withdraw cash/money
ready cash/money (= money that you have to spend immediately)
Cash or money? If it is important to contrast money in the form of coins and notes and money in other forms, use cash:
•How much money/cash do you have on you?
✗ Payments can be made by cheque or in money.
2. U (informal)
•She refused to part with her hard-earned cash.
funds • • money • • capital •
have/be short of/lack (the) cash/funds/money/capital
spend/borrow/invest cash/funds/money/capital
get/obtain/lend cash/funds/money
Cash or funds? You can use either word in personal or business contexts, although cash is more informal than funds. Cash can be used like an adjective before other nouns:
•The company is having cash flow problems.
✗ The company is having funds flow problems.

Collocations:
Finance
Income
earn money/cash/(informal) a fortune
make money/a fortune/(informal) a killing on the stock market
acquire/inherit/amass wealth/a fortune
build up funds/savings
get/receive/leave (sb) an inheritance/a legacy
live on a low wage/a fixed income/a pension
get/receive/draw/collect a pension
depend/be dependent on (BrE) benefits/(NAmE) welfare/social security
Expenditure
spend money/your savings/(informal) a fortune on…
invest/put your savings in…
throw away/waste/ (informal) shell out money on…
lose your money/inheritance/pension
use up/ (informal) wipe out all your savings
pay (in) cash
use/pay by a credit/debit card
pay by/make out a/write sb a/accept a (BrE) cheque/(US) check
change/exchange money/currency (BrE) traveller's cheques/(US) traveler's checks
give/pay/leave (sb) a deposit
Banks
have/hold/open/close/freeze a bank account/an account
credit/debit/pay sth into/take money out of your account
deposit money/funds in your account
withdraw money/cash/£30 from an ATM, etc.
(formal) make a deposit/withdrawal
find/go to/use (especially NAmE) an ATM/(BrE) a cash machine/dispenser
be in credit/in debit/in the black/in the red/overdrawn
Personal finance
manage/handle/plan/run/ (especially BrE) sort out your finances
plan/manage/work out/stick to a budget
offer/extend credit (to sb)
arrange/take out a loan/an overdraft
pay back/repay money/a loan/a debt
pay for sth in (especially BrE) instalments/(NAmE usually) installments
Financial difficulties
get into debt/financial difficulties
be short of/ (informal) be strapped for cash
run out of/owe money
face/get/ (informal) be landed with a bill for £…
can't afford the cost of…/payments/rent
fall behind with/ (especially NAmE) fall behind on the mortgage/repayments/rent
incur/run up/accumulate debts
tackle/reduce/settle your debts

Synonyms:
money
cash • change
These are all words for money in the form of coins or paper notes.
money • money in the form of coins or paper notes: ▪ I counted the money carefully. ◇ ▪ Where can I change my money into dollars? ◇ ▪ paper money ▪ ▪ (= money that is made of paper, not coins)
cash • money in the form of coins or paper notes: ▪ How much cash do you have on you? ◇ ▪ Payments can be made by cheque or ▪ in cash ▪.
money or cash?
If it is important to contrast money in the form of coins and notes and money in other forms, use cash: ▪ How much money/cash do you have on you? ◇ Payments can be made by cheque or in money. ◇ Customers are offered a discount if they pay money.
change • the money that you get back when you have paid for sth giving more money than the amount it costs; coins rather than paper money: ▪ The ticket machine doesn't give change. ◇ ▪ I don't have any ▪ small change ▪ ▪ (= coins of low value) ▪.
to draw out/get out/take out/withdraw money/cash
ready money/cash (= money that you have available to spend immediately)

Example Bank:
•He withdrew £100 from a cash machine.
•I paid the bill in cash.
•I refuse to spend my hard-earned cash on presents!
•I took £10 out of petty cash.
•Imagine having to pay some of my hard-earned cash on a parking fine!
•The bank should hold enough cash to satisfy customer demand.
•The company is having cash flow problems.
•The drugs are sold for hard cash.
•The thieves stole $200 in cash.
•They had a football match to raise cash for the hospital.
•We'll have to pay cash for the tickets.
•You can pay by cheque or in cash.
•a chance to make some quick cash
•farmers who grow cash crops for export
•Customers are offered a 10% discount if they pay cash.
•Payments can be made by cheque or in cash.
•She refused to part with her hard-earned cash.
•The company is strapped for cash.
Idioms: ↑cash down ▪ ↑cash in hand ▪ ↑cash in your chips ▪ ↑cash on delivery
Derived: ↑cash in ▪ ↑cash something in ▪ ↑cash up

verb ~ a cheque/check
to exchange a cheque/check for the amount of money that it is worth
•Traveller's cheques can be cashed at most hotels.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late 16th cent. (denoting a box for money): from Old French casse or Italian cassa ‘box’, from Latin capsa, related to capere ‘to hold’.

Thesaurus:
cash verb T
•The company cashed my cheque.
change • • exchange • • cash sth in • • clear •
cash/change traveller's cheques
cash/clear a cheque
change/exchange your currency/pounds/dollars for/into pounds/dollars/the local currency

Example Bank:
•The company cashed my cheque but then failed to send the goods I'd ordered.

See also: ↑cash out ▪ ↑cash up front