Johnny-cash

[kash] /kæʃ/

noun
1.
John (“Johnny”) 1932–2003, U.S. country-and-western singer, musician, and composer.
/kæʃ/
noun
1.
banknotes and coins, esp in hand or readily available; money or ready money
2.
immediate payment, in full or part, for goods or services (esp in the phrase cash down)
3.
(modifier) of, for, or paid by cash: a cash transaction
4.
(Canadian) the cash, a checkout counter
verb
5.
(transitive) to obtain or pay ready money for: to cash a cheque
/kæʃ/
noun (pl) cash
1.
any of various Chinese, Indonesian, or Indian coins of low value
/kæʃ/
noun
1.
Johnny. 1932–2003, US country-and-western singer, guitarist, and songwriter. His recordings include the hits “I Walk the Line” (1956), “Ring of Fire” (1963), “A Boy named Sue” (1969), and the American Recordings series of albums (1994–2003)
n.

1590s, “money box;” also “money in hand, coin,” from Middle French caisse “money box” (16c.), from Provençal caissa or Italian cassa, from Latin capsa “box” (see case (n.2)); originally the money box, but the secondary sense of the money in it became sole meaning 18c. Cash crop is attested from 1831; cash flow from 1954; the mechanical cash register from 1878.

Like many financial terms in English (bankrupt, etc.), ultimately from Italian. Not related to (but influencing the form of) the colonial British cash “Indian monetary system, Chinese coin, etc.,” which is from Tamil kasu, Sanskrit karsha, Sinhalese kasi.
v.

“to convert to cash” (as a check, etc.), 1811, from cash (n.). Related: Cashed; cashing.

Related Terms

cold cash