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cashier

Sayka-SHEERUS/kæˈʃɪɹ/UK/kəˈʃɪə/

Pluralcashiers

Verbcashiers, cashiering, cashiered

6 meanings of cashier

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  1. 1
    nouncountable
    A person who takes payments from customers in a shop or store.

    The cashier scanned my groceries and told me the total.

    Two cashiers were working the registers during the busy afternoon.

    Similarchecker, clerk

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  2. 2
    nouncountable
    A person who looks after all the money for a company or bank.

    The company's cashier kept track of every dollar that came in and went out.

    She was promoted to cashier and now handles all the bank's funds.

    Similartreasurer, bursar

  3. 3
    verbintransitive
    To take payments from customers at a till as a job.

    She cashiers at the grocery store on weekends.

    I cashier part-time to help pay for school.

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  4. 4
    verbtransitive
    To throw something away or get rid of it.

    Like throwing old clothes into the trash.

    He decided to cashier the old files he no longer needed.

    They cashiered the broken furniture before moving to the new house.

    Similardiscard, scrap, abandon, jettison

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  5. 5
    verbtransitive
    To officially cancel something so it no longer counts.

    The judge can cashier the contract if it was signed by force.

    They cashiered the agreement after finding the mistake.

    Similarannul, revoke, repeal, rescind, overturn

    Oppositeuphold

Less common meaning

  1. 6
    verbarchaictransitive
    To force someone out of the army or another service as punishment.

    The army decided to cashier the officer for stealing supplies.

    Inevitably his appeals for financial assistance were ignored and, though not cashiered from the army, he was pointedly cold-shouldered by his brother officers.
    2012, Jonathan Keates, “Mon Père, ce héros”Here, cashiered means forced out of the army as punishment.
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Origins

Meanings 4–6

From Dutch casseren, which came from Old French casser meaning "to break up." In old ceremonies, an officer's sword was actually broken.

Meanings 1–3

Borrowed from Dutch cassier or French caissier, from French caisse.