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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)



51 words match “CASH”

CASH n. 6 definitions
r where it is deposited and paid out; a money box. [Obs.] This bank is properly a general cash, where every man lodges his money. Sir W. Temple. £20,000 are known to be in her cash. Sir R. Winwood.
CASH RAILWAY n.
A form of cash carrier in which a small carrier or car travels upon a kind of track.
CASH REGISTER n.
A device for recording the amount of cash received, usually having an automatic adding machine and a money drawer and exhibiting the amount of the sale.
CASHBOOK n.
A book in which is kept a register of money received or paid out.
CASHEW n.
aped hypocarp, about three inches long. Casbew nut, the large, kidney-shaped fruit of the cashew, which is edible after the caustic oil has been expelled from the shell by roasting the nut.
CASHIER n. 3 definitions
One who has charge of money; a cash keeper; the officer who has charge of the payments and receipts (moneys, checks, notes), of a bank or a mercantile company.
CASHIER'S CHECK n.
A check drawn by a bank upon its own funds, signed by the cashier.
CASHIERER n.
One who rejects, discards, or dismisses; as, a cashierer of monarchs. [R.] Burke.
CASHMERE n. 2 definitions
A rich stuff for shawls, acaris, etc., originally made in Cashmere from the soft wool found beneath the hair of the goats of Cashmere, Thibet, and the Himalayas. Some cashmere, of fine quality, is richly embroidered for sale to Europeans.
CASHMERETTE n.
A kind of dress goods, made with a soft and glossy surface like cashmere.
CASHOO n.
See Catechu.
ENCASH v.
To turn into cash; to cash. Sat. Rev.
ENCASHMENT n.
The payment in cash of a note, draft, etc.
LANCASHIRE BOILER n.
. A steam boiler having two flues which contain the furnaces and extend through the boiler from end to end.
SPOT CASH n.
Cash paid or ready for payment at once upon delivery of property purchased.
ACAJOU n.
The cashew tree; also, its fruit. See Cashew.
ANACARDIACEOUS a.
Belonging to, or resembling, a family, or order, of plants of which the cashew tree is the type, and the species of sumac are well known examples.
ANACARDIC a.
Pertaining to, or derived from, the cashew nut; as, anacardic acid.
ANACARDIUM n.
A genus of plants including the cashew tree. See Cashew.
BANIAN n.
A Hindoo trader, merchant, cashier, or money changer. [Written also banyan.]
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