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cash verb to finish consuming something. Usage is in the context of drug or alcohol consumption US, 2001
idiomcashcash cowprofit the part of a business that always produces a lot of money over a long period of time:The new chocolate and wafer bar is in direct competition with their arch-rival's £130 million cash cow, Kit Kat.A business becomes a cash cow when you generate a lot of money from existing assets, with minimum investment.cash-cow: The company faces a price war in its cash-cow personal computer business in Japan.cash in hand BrEBrEpay sb for work if you are paid cash in hand for work that you do, you are paid in coins and notes, rather than with a cheque or through the bank:Have you recorded everything you paid out today? Didn't you pay the window cleaner cash in hand?Tony was working on the grape-harvest in Italy, being paid cash in hand and no questions asked.cash on the barrelhead AmEAmE(also cash on the barrel)Money used in order to say that you pay all of the money as soon as you buy something, and that you do not pay with cheques or credit cards:I'm sorry, it's cash on the barrelhead only.If I give you cash on the barrel, what's the best price you can give me on the car?BrE = on the nailhard cash(also cold hard cash AmE)money money that is available immediately, usually in the form of coins and notes:The club has had to sell some of its prized assets to raise some hard cash.The prize money is cold hard cash, and there are lots of ways to win. phrasecash[cashed, cashed, cashing]
cash in
cash in sth • cash sth in to exchange something such as shares for their value in money: He cashed in all his bonds and his insurance policy to raise the money to buy a boat.
cash in on
cash in on sth to make a profit from a situation or get an advantage from it, especially in a way that other people think is unfair or dishonest: Criminals should not be allowed to cash in on their crimes by selling their life stories to filmmakers. The bookshops were suddenly full of books about Princess Diana, all hoping to cash in on the princess' tragic death.
cash out 1. cash out AmE to could all the money taken by a shop or business at the end of a day, in order to check that it is the correct amount: It's time to cash out and lock up.2. cash out AmE to sell something valuable and get all the money for it immediately: Argentine stocks fell as some local investors cashed out.
cash up
cash up BrE to count all the money taken by a shop or business at the end of the day, in order to check that it is the correct amount: Let's cash up and then we can go home.■ SIMILAR TO: cash out AmE
See:- a cash cow
- a cash flow problem
- be strapped for cash
- cash (one's) chips in
- cash cow
- cash down
- cash flow
- cash flow problem
- cash in
- cash in (one's) checks
- cash in (one's) chips
- cash in checks
- cash in chips
- cash in hand
- cash in on (something)
- cash in on opportunity
- cash in one’s checks
- cash in one’s chips
- cash in your chips
- Cash is king
- Cash is trash
- cash market
- cash money
- cash on delivery
- cash on the barrel
- cash on the barrelhead
- cash on the nail
- cash only
- cash or credit
- cash out
- cash someone out
- cash up
- cash-and-carry
- cashed
- chips are down, the
- cold cash
- cold, hard cash
- hard cash
- pay (for something) cash on delivery
- pressed for cash
- pressed for money
- ready cash
- roll in (something)
- send (something) cash on delivery
- strapped for cash
- stump up
- submit to
- take the cash and let the credit go
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