(~es, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Cash is money in the form of notes and coins rather than cheques.
...two thousand pounds in ~.
N-UNCOUNT
see also hard ~ , petty ~
2.
Cash means the same as money, especially money which is immediately available. (INFORMAL)
...a state-owned financial-services group with plenty of ~.
= money
N-UNCOUNT
3.
If you ~ a cheque, you exchange it at a bank for the amount of money that it is worth.
There are similar charges if you want to ~ a cheque at a branch other than your own.
VERB: V n