cash

1. (uncountable) Money in the form of notes or bills and coins, as opposed to checks, credit or electronic transactions.Examples: "After you bounced those checks last time, they want to be paid in cash."; "When a man bargains for the price of maintaining such or such principles, or of endeavouring to make out such or such a case, without believing in the soundness of the principles or the truth of the case; such a man, whether he touch the cash (or paper-money) before or after the performance of his work, and whether he work with his tongue or his pen, may, I think be fairly charged with seeking after "base lucre;" […]"uncountableusually

2. (uncountable, finance) Liquid assets, money that can be traded quickly, as distinct from assets that are invested and cannot be easily exchanged.Examples: "Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries […]."uncountableusually

3. (uncountable, informal) Money.Examples: "Paying yourself first also implies that you have some understanding of your cash flow, which means that, yes, you must set a budget."informaluncountableusually

4. (countable, Canada) Cash register, or the counter in a business where the cash register is located.Examples: "Let me just bring these to the cash for you."; "Visit Apple’s jam-packed stores and you won’t see lines at the cash — because every sales clerk is also your cashier, using cellphone card-readers to zip you through."Canadacountableusually

5. (countable, gambling) An instance of winning a cash prize.Examples: "In the WSOP, I have played around 150 tournaments with one final table, 11 cashes, and a -70 percent ROI."countableusually

6. (countable, archaic) A place where money is kept, or where it is deposited and paid out; a money box.Examples: "This bank[…] is properly a general cash, where every man lodges his money,"; "She was said to have amassed a great sum of money for ill use ; 20,000l. are known to be in her cash ;"archaiccountableusually