CASHIER Definition & Meaning

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cashier

[ ka-sheer ]

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noun

an employee, as in a market or department store, who collects payments for customer purchases.
an executive who has charge of money, especially one who superintends monetary transactions, as in a bank.
an employee of a business establishment who keeps a record of financial transactions.

cashier

[ ka-sheer ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

to dismiss (a military officer) from service, especially with disgrace.
to discard; reject.

cashier

/ ��æˈʃɪə /

noun

a person responsible for receiving payments for goods, services, etc, as in a shop
Also calledteller an employee of a bank responsible for receiving deposits, cashing cheques, and other financial transactions; bank clerk
any person responsible for handling cash or maintaining records of its receipt and disbursement

cashier

/ ��æˈʃɪə /

verb

to dismiss with dishonour, esp from the armed forces
rare.
to put away or discard; reject

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of cashier¹

First recorded in 1570–80; from Middle French caissier “custodian of a money-box” (perhaps via Dutch ), equivalent to caisse “money-box” (from �ʰ��Ǳ��ç�� caissa, from Latin capsa “a case”) + -ier noun suffix; case ², -ier ²

Origin of cashier²

1570–80; < Middle Dutch kasseren < Middle French casser to break, discharge, annul < Latin ��ܲ�� to shatter; quash

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of cashier¹

C16: from Dutch cassier or French caissier, from casse money chest; see case ²

Origin of cashier²

C16: from Middle Dutch kasseren, from Old French casser, from Latin ��ܲ�� to quash

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Nearly every checkout lane once manned by a cashier is now closed, leaving a vast, eerie expanse of empty aisles where humans used to stand.

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“People are calling asking if we’re out,” said Sandy, a cashier at Smoke 4 Less, who gave only her first name because she wasn’t authorized to speak to the press.

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"My client spoke to the cashier and discovered that two men who appeared to be homeless used his credit card to purchase cigarettes and several scratch cards", Jean-David's lawyer, Pierre Debuisson told the BBC.

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Marisela Granados, a server who started working as a cashier at the Pantry 26 years ago, said she was offered $20,000, which she said was a pittance for all her years of service.

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In my twenties I became one of them, too — a nanny in Palisades, a parking lot cashier in Santa Monica and Westwood, a sales associate at Papyrus.

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