Definition of "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;" […]

1810 July 13, William Cobbett, “To the Reader”, in Cobbett’s Weekly Political Register, volume XVIII, number 1, London: Printed by T[homas] C[urson] Hansard, Peterborough Court, Fleet Street; and sold by Richard Bagshaw, Brydges Street, Covent-Garden, and John Budd, Pall-Mall, published 14 July 1810, columns 13–14

Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries […] .

2013 July 6, “The rise of smart beta”, in The Economist‎, volume 408, number 8843, page 68

Paying yourself first also implies that you have some understanding of your cash flow, which means that, yes, you must set a budget.

2017, Erin Lowry, Broke Millennial‎, page 146

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.

2017 December 30, Josh Freed, “Just you wait — technology might be the end of the line”, in Montreal Gazette, page A4, column 2

In the WSOP, I have played around 150 tournaments with one final table, 11 cashes, and a -70 percent ROI.

2012, Jonathan Little, Secrets of Professional Tournament Poker, Volume 2

This bank […] is properly a general cash, where every man lodges his money,

1787 , Adam Anderson, quoting William Temple, An Historical And Chronological Deduction Of The Origin Of Commerce, From the Earliest Accounts‎, volume 1, page 236

She was said to have amassed a great sum of money for ill use ; 20,000l. are known to be in her cash ;

1852, Theresa Lewis, quoting a letter from John More to Ralph Winwood, Lives of the Friends and Contemporaries of Lord Chancellor Clarendon‎, volume 2, page 321

My single "Lick and Move" had made it to number four on the Top Ten charts, and I had gotten a nice check from Ruthless Rap. I cashed that shit and took Muddah shopping in Midtown and told her to get any damn thing she wanted.

2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World/Ballantine Books, page 247

He cashed the old souldiers, and supplied their roumes with yong beginners.

1564, Arthur Golding, Abridgment of the histories of Trogus Pompeius