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cash·ier 1

 (kă-shîr′)
n.
1. The officer of a bank or business concern in charge of paying and receiving money.
2. A store employee who handles cash transactions with customers.

[Dutch cassier or French caissier, both from French caisse, money box, from Old Provençal caisa, from Vulgar Latin *capsea, from Latin capsa, case.]

ca·shier 2

 (kă-shîr′)
tr.v. ca·shiered, ca·shier·ing, ca·shiers
To dismiss from a position of command or responsibility, especially for disciplinary reasons: was dishonorably cashiered from the army.

[Dutch casseren, from Old French casser, to dismiss, annul; see quash1.]
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cashier

(kæˈʃɪə)
n
1. a person responsible for receiving payments for goods, services, etc, as in a shop
2. (Banking & Finance) Also called: teller an employee of a bank responsible for receiving deposits, cashing cheques, and other financial transactions; bank clerk
3. (Banking & Finance) any person responsible for handling cash or maintaining records of its receipt and disbursement
[C16: from Dutch cassier or French caissier, from casse money chest; see case2]

cashier

(kæˈʃɪə)
vb (tr)
1. (Military) to dismiss with dishonour, esp from the armed forces
2. rare to put away or discard; reject
[C16: from Middle Dutch kasseren, from Old French casser, from Latin quassāre to quash]
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cash•ier1

(kæˈʃɪər)

n.
1. an employee, as in a market, who totals purchases and collects payment from customers.
2. an executive who superintends the financial transactions and commitments of a company.
[1570–80; (< Dutch cassier) < Middle French caissier custodian of a money-box <caisse money-box (< Occitan caissa < Latin capsa; see case2)]

cash•ier2

(kæˈʃɪər)

v.t.
1. to dismiss from a position of command or trust, esp. with disgrace.
2. to discard; reject.
[1570–80; < Middle Dutch kasseren < Middle French casser to break, discharge, annul < Latin quassāre to shatter; see quash]
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cashier


Past participle: cashiered
Gerund: cashiering

Imperative
cashier
cashier
Present
I cashier
you cashier
he/she/it cashiers
we cashier
you cashier
they cashier
Preterite
I cashiered
you cashiered
he/she/it cashiered
we cashiered
you cashiered
they cashiered
Present Continuous
I am cashiering
you are cashiering
he/she/it is cashiering
we are cashiering
you are cashiering
they are cashiering
Present Perfect
I have cashiered
you have cashiered
he/she/it has cashiered
we have cashiered
you have cashiered
they have cashiered
Past Continuous
I was cashiering
you were cashiering
he/she/it was cashiering
we were cashiering
you were cashiering
they were cashiering
Past Perfect
I had cashiered
you had cashiered
he/she/it had cashiered
we had cashiered
you had cashiered
they had cashiered
Future
I will cashier
you will cashier
he/she/it will cashier
we will cashier
you will cashier
they will cashier
Future Perfect
I will have cashiered
you will have cashiered
he/she/it will have cashiered
we will have cashiered
you will have cashiered
they will have cashiered
Future Continuous
I will be cashiering
you will be cashiering
he/she/it will be cashiering
we will be cashiering
you will be cashiering
they will be cashiering
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been cashiering
you have been cashiering
he/she/it has been cashiering
we have been cashiering
you have been cashiering
they have been cashiering
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been cashiering
you will have been cashiering
he/she/it will have been cashiering
we will have been cashiering
you will have been cashiering
they will have been cashiering
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been cashiering
you had been cashiering
he/she/it had been cashiering
we had been cashiering
you had been cashiering
they had been cashiering
Conditional
I would cashier
you would cashier
he/she/it would cashier
we would cashier
you would cashier
they would cashier
Past Conditional
I would have cashiered
you would have cashiered
he/she/it would have cashiered
we would have cashiered
you would have cashiered
they would have cashiered
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.cashier - an employee of a bank who receives and pays out moneycashier - an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money
banker - a financier who owns or is an executive in a bank
2.cashier - a person responsible for receiving payments for goods and services (as in a shop or restaurant)
individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
Verb1.cashier - discard or do away with; "cashier the literal sense of this word"
abolish, get rid of - do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia"
2.cashier - discharge with dishonor, as in the army
discharge, free - free from obligations or duties
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cashier

1
noun teller, accountant, clerk, treasurer, bank clerk, purser, bursar, banker The cashier said that he would fetch the manager.

cashier

2
verb dismiss, discharge, expel, cast off, drum out, give the boot to (slang) Many officers were cashiered on political grounds.
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cashier

verb
To end the employment or service of:
Informal: ax, fire, pink-slip.
Slang: boot, bounce, can, sack.
Idioms: give someone his or her walking papers, give someone the ax, give someone the gate, give someone the pink slip, let go, show someone the door.
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Translations
pokladníkpropustit
kassererafsætteafskedige
erottaakassanhoitaja
blagajnik
pénztárospénztárosnő
gjaldkerireka
会計係
출납원
atlaistpazemināt
blagajnik
kassör
เจ้าหน้าที่การเงิน
nhân viên quầy thu tiền

cashier

[kæˈʃɪəʳ]
A. Ncajero/a m/f
B. VT (Mil) → separar del servicio, destituir
C. CPD cashier's check N (US) → cheque m bancario
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cashier

[kæˈʃɪər]
ncaissier/ière m/f
vt (MILITARY) (= dismiss) → cassercashier's check [kæˈʃɪərz] (US) nchèque m de banquecashier's desk (US) n (= cash desk) → caisse fcash machine ndistributeur m de billets, distributeur m automatique de billets
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cashier

1
nKassierer(in) m(f)

cashier

2
vt (Mil) → (unehrenhaft) entlassen, kassieren (old)
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cashier

1 [kæˈʃɪəʳ] ncassiere/a

cashier

2 [kæˈʃɪəʳ] vt (esp Mil) (officer) → destituire
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

cashier2

(kӕˈʃiə) verb
to dismiss (a military officer) from a post in disgrace.
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cashier

أَمِيـنُ الصُّنْدُوق pokladník kasserer Kassierer ταμίας cajero kassanhoitaja caissière blagajnik cassiere 会計係 출납원 caissière kasserer kasjer caixa кассир kassör เจ้าหน้าที่การเงิน kasiyer nhân viên quầy thu tiền 出纳员
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References in classic literature ?
THE Cashier of a bank having defaulted was asked by the Directors what he had done with the money taken.
This official was the cashier of the ministry, the only clerk who did not tremble when the government changed hands.
Thus, in addition to the cousins Dorothy and Florence, Martin encountered two university professors, one of Latin, the other of English; a young army officer just back from the Philippines, one-time school- mate of Ruth's; a young fellow named Melville, private secretary to Joseph Perkins, head of the San Francisco Trust Company; and finally of the men, a live bank cashier, Charles Hapgood, a youngish man of thirty-five, graduate of Stanford University, member of the Nile Club and the Unity Club, and a conservative speaker for the Republican Party during campaigns - in short, a rising young man in every way.
The greatest American hotels keep a number of clerks and a cashier, and pay them salaries which mount up to a considerable total in the course of a year.
A package of banknotes, to the value of fifty-five thousand pounds, had been taken from the principal cashier's table, that functionary being at the moment engaged in registering the receipt of three shillings and sixpence.
Morrel's daughter, and had remained with him in spite of the efforts of his friends to induce him to withdraw; the other was an old one-eyed cashier, called "Cocles," or "Cock-eye," a nickname given him by the young men who used to throng this vast now almost deserted bee-hive, and which had so completely replaced his real name that he would not, in all probability, have replied to any one who addressed him by it.
At the cashier's desk sits Bogle, cold, sordid, slow, smouldering, and takes your money.
They may scorn cash now; but let some months go by, and no perspective promise of it to them, and then this same quiescent cash all at once mutinying in them, this same cash would soon cashier Ahab.
Sylvester Lovett, who was cashier in his father's bank, always found his way to the tent on Saturday night.
It was true that he had been industrious at the bank, but no more so than the cashier, who had seven small children and was visibly sinking in decline.
He had not a single confidant, even his cashier had no idea whence came the large sums of money which he had paid away right and left.
It appeared that Yegor had a family, three boys and a daughter, a sempstress, whom he wanted to marry to a cashier in a saddler's shop.