Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The officer of a bank or business concern in charge of paying and receiving money.
- n. A store employee who handles cash transactions with customers.
- v. To dismiss from a position of command or responsibility, especially for disciplinary reasons. See Synonyms at dismiss.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To dismiss from an office or place of trust by annulling the commission by virtue of which it is held.
- Figuratively, to dismiss or discard from service or from association.
- To reject; put out of account; disregard.
- To abolish; do away with; get rid of.
- n. One who has charge of cash or money; one who superintends the routine monetary transactions of a bank or other commercial concern; a cash-keeper.
- n. A money-box; a cash.
Wiktionary
- v. To dismiss (someone, especially military personnel) from service.
- n. One who works at a till or receives payments.
- n. Person in charge of the cash of a business or bank.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who has charge of money; a cash keeper; the officer who has charge of the payments and receipts (moneys, checks, notes), of a bank or a mercantile company.
- v. To dismiss or discard; to discharge; to dismiss with ignominy from military service or from an office or place of trust.
- v. rare To put away or reject; to disregard.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a person responsible for receiving payments for goods and services (as in a shop or restaurant)
- v. discard or do away with
- v. discharge with dishonor, as in the army
- n. an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money
Etymologies
- From French caissier. (Wiktionary)
- Dutch cassier or French caissier, both from French caisse, money box, from Old Provençal caisa, from Vulgar Latin *capsea, from Latin capsa, case.Dutch casseren, from Old French casser, to dismiss, annul; see quash1. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Say, if the cashier is a few minutes late to her shift, she pays a fine of 150nis.”
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“If the cashier is an employee perhaps the money will go into the employee's pocket.”
“If the cashier is less than 18, he/she rings the bell or waves the bottle towards management and then continues with the sale.”
“If a cashier is making 35K a year should they be making as much as a teacher starting?”
“The cashier is WORKING, i.e. has a job, that is, gets up everyday and goes to a place of employment and works for a paycheck.”
“The mother, who works as a supermarket cashier, is unable to cover their bills.”
“Earlier this month, it was disclosed that Linley had become involved in a legal battle over a £400,000 loan that it had been given by Pugachev, who was known as the "cashier to the Kremlin" before he fell out of Vladimir Putin's inner circle.”
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“Me: (looking down at full cart as cashier is unloading and blithely running each item over the computer scanner as the subtotal surpasses the hundred mark.”
“Cashier's orders, also called cashier's cheques, are issued and guaranteed by banks and are commonly used in Hong Kong for transactions including subscriptions to initial public offerings.”
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“Only then did I notice that the cashier was the Supervisor on the shift, while the person coolly handling the awkward situation was not.”
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