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"Section C"

-- Cash sales, sales made
for ready, money, in distinction from those on which credit is
given; stocks sold, to be delivered on the day of
transaction.


Syn. -- Money; coin; specie; currency; capital.


Cash, v. t. [imp. & p.
p.
Cashed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Casing.] To pay, or to receive, cash for; to exchange
for money; as, cash a note or an order.


Cash, v. t. [See Cashier.]
To disband. [Obs.] Garges.


Cash, n.sing & pl. A Chinese
coin.


&fist; The cash (Chinese tsien) is the only
current coin made by the chinese government. It is a thin
circular disk of a very base alloy of copper, with a square hole
in the center. 1,000 to 1,400 cash are equivalent to a
dollar.



Cash"book (kăsh"b&oocr;k),
n. (Bookkeeping) A book in which is
kept a register of money received or paid out.


Ca*shew" (k&adot;*sh&oomac;"), n.
[F. acajou, for cajou, prob. from Malay
kāyu tree; cf. Pg. acaju, cf. Acajou.]
(Bot.


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