Cash

See also: cash

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æʃ

Proper noun

Cash (countable and uncountable, plural Cashes)

1. A surname originating as an occupation.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
   • 2014, Linda Wagner-Martin, Barbara Kingsolver's World: Nature, Art, and the Twenty-First Century, →ISBN:

     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:
   1. A minor city in Craighead County, Arkansas; a corruption of Cache River.
   2. An unincorporated community in Gordon County, Georgia, named after a sign "Cash or nothing".
   3. An unincorporated community in Hart County, Kentucky, named after a postmaster.
   4. A locale in Watertown Township, Sanilac County, Michigan, named after Edward Cash.
   5. A census-designated place in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, named after Col. E. B. Cash.
   6. An unincorporated community in Hunt County, Texas, named Cash after the name 'Money' was rejected by the Post Office.

Anagrams

• ACHs, CAHs, Chas, Chas., HCAs, achs, cahs