Cash

proper nouncommon in dialogue

A surname originating as an occupation.

proper noun

1
A surname originating as an occupation.
2
A male given name transferred from the surname.
This ill-chosen subplot also means that Kingsolver must make Cash Stillwater (named for his mother's favorite singer, Johnny Cash) more than just a returning widower.
3
A number of places in the United States: A minor city in Craighead County, Arkansas; a corruption of Cache River.
4
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Gordon County, Georgia, named after a sign "Cash or nothing".
5
A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Hart County, Kentucky, named after a postmaster.
6
A number of places in the United States: A locale in Watertown Township, Sanilac County, Michigan, named after Edward Cash.
7
A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, named after Col. E. B. Cash.
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A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Hunt County, Texas, named Cash after the name 'Money' was rejected by the Post Office.

Etymology

Variant of Case. In the US adopted by German immigrants named Kirch and Kirsch.

Forms

plural: Cashes

Case · abstract feature of a noun phrase that determines its…Casey · A surname from Irish.cash · Money in the form of notes or bills and coins, as opposed to…

Cash · A surname originating as an occupation.

cashed · Exhausted or used up; finished, empty.cashier · To discard, put away.casing · That which encloses or encases.

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