cash
/kæʃ/noun
उच्चारण कैश
नक़दी, नक़द
Basic word
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[U]
money in the form of coins or notes; money in any form
नक़दी, नक़द
- pay in cash
- short of cash
- Do you accept cash or only cards?
+ 3 more examples
- He paid for the shoes in cash.
- The shop was out of cash after the festival rush.
- I'm a bit short of cash this month.
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[T]
to exchange a cheque for money; (cash in on sth) to gain an advantage for yourself from a situation
भुनाना; लाभ उठाना
- She cashed the cheque.
- They cashed in on the trend.
- Can I cash this cheque at your branch?
+ 3 more examples
- He cashed a traveller's cheque at the airport.
- Many companies cashed in on the popularity of cricket.
- Some shopkeepers cash in on festival crowds by raising prices.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
pay (in) cash / by cash
Say 'pay in cash' or 'pay cash'. The phrase 'pay by cash' is less natural; the standard contrast is 'pay by card' versus 'pay in cash'.
'Pay in cash' या 'pay cash' कहा जाता है; 'pay by card' के सामने 'pay in cash' सही जोड़ी है।
- Radhika paid in cash because the card machine was down.
- Do you accept cash on delivery?
cash (uncountable)
Cash, meaning money, is uncountable: 'some cash', 'much cash'. Do not use 'cashes' for money; 'a cash' is wrong.
धन के अर्थ में cash uncountable है; 'cashes' या 'a cash' नहीं कहते।
- I don't have much cash on me.
- He withdrew some cash from the ATM.
cash a cheque (verb)
As a verb, cash means to exchange a cheque or draft for notes. The object is a cheque, not a person: you cash a cheque at a bank.
Verb के रूप में cash का अर्थ cheque या draft को नकद में बदलना है; object cheque होता है, व्यक्ति नहीं।
- She cashed the cheque at the nearest branch.
cash in on / cash up
'Cash in on' means to gain from a situation, often unfairly. 'Cash up' (BrE) is to count the day's takings in a shop.
'Cash in on' का अर्थ किसी स्थिति से लाभ उठाना है; 'cash up' (BrE) दुकान में दिन भर की कमाई गिनना है।
- Shops cashed in on the festival rush.
- The shopkeeper cashed up at nine.
+Collocations 5
verb + cash
withdrawcarrypay indepositsaverun out of
- He withdrew cash from the ATM for the trip.
adjective + cash
hardreadysparepettyloosecold
- I kept some spare cash for emergencies.
cash + noun
paymentflowcropcounterreserveprize
- Cotton is an important cash crop in Maharashtra.
preposition + cash
in cashfor cashshort of cashout of cashcash on delivery
- We are short of cash this month.
cash + prize / reward
cash prizecash rewardcash awardcash bonus
- The winner received a cash prize of ten thousand rupees.
“More examples 6
- The shop gives a five per cent discount to customers who pay in cash.
दुकान नकद भुगतान करने वाले ग्राहकों को पाँच प्रतिशत छूट देती है।
- Radhika was short of cash, so she borrowed fifty rupees from a friend.
राधिका के पास नकद कम था, इसलिए उसने सहेली से पचास रुपये उधार लिए।
- Farmers grow sugarcane as a cash crop.
किसान गन्ना नक़दी फ़सल के रूप में उगाते हैं।
- The clerk cashed the cheque and counted the notes twice.
लिपिक ने चेक भुनाया और नोट दो बार गिने।
- Many small traders still prefer cash to digital payment.
कई छोटे व्यापारी अब भी डिजिटल भुगतान की बजाय नकद को पसंद करते हैं।
- The bank's cash counter closes at three in the afternoon.
बैंक का नकद काउंटर दोपहर तीन बजे बंद हो जाता है।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ I have no cashes with me.
✓ I have no cash with me.
Cash is uncountable and has no plural.
Cash uncountable है, इसका plural नहीं होता।
✗ I am short from cash this week.
✓ I am short of cash this week.
The fixed expression is 'short of'.
सही fixed expression 'short of' है।
¶Idioms 2
cash in hand
money that you pay sb in coins or notes, usually so that the payment is not officially recorded
नक़द (अक्सर बिना रिकॉर्ड के)
- The workers were paid cash in hand.
- He prefers cash-in-hand jobs.
cash in your chips
to die
मर जाना, चल बसना
- The old gangster finally cashed in his chips.
- He joked that he would work until he cashed in his chips.
→Phrasal verbs 2
cash in on sth
to take advantage of a situation, especially in a way that other people think is unfair
(किसी स्थिति का) फ़ायदा उठाना, भुनाना
- Fake coaching websites are cashing in on students' exam fears.
cash up
(BrE) to count all the money taken in a shop at the end of the day
(दुकान बंद करते समय) दिन भर की कमाई गिनना
- The shopkeeper cashes up at nine every night.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
?Which word?
Homophone: cash and cache (a hidden store: 'a cache of weapons'; also computer memory) are both /kæʃ/.
Homophone: cash और cache (छिपा भंडार: 'a cache of weapons'; कंप्यूटर स्मृति भी) दोनों /kæʃ/ हैं।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
Cash in on sth (take advantage of a situation, often unfairly: 'cash in on the festival season').
Phrasal verb बहुत पूछा जाता है: cash in on sth (प्रायः अनुचित रूप से किसी स्थिति का लाभ उठाना, भुनाना: 'cash in on the festival season')।
Cash cow (a business that makes a lot of money), cash-strapped (without enough money), cash on delivery (COD, payment when goods are delivered), hard cash (coins and notes).
Idioms: cash cow (बहुत पैसा कमाने वाला व्यापार, दुधारू गाय), cash-strapped (पर्याप्त पैसे के बिना, तंगहाल), cash on delivery (COD, सामान मिलने पर भुगतान), hard cash (सिक्के और नोट)।
✓In the exam
General knowledge
Economics: a cashless economy uses digital payments instead of cash; the RBI's CRR (cash reserve ratio) is the share of deposits that banks must keep with the RBI.
अर्थशास्त्र में cashless economy नक़दी के बजाय डिजिटल भुगतान प्रयोग करती है; RBI का CRR (नक़द आरक्षित अनुपात) जमाओं का वह भाग है जो बैंकों को RBI के पास रखना होता है।