Phrase guide

cash crop

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A crop that is grown for sale rather than for personal food or for feeding to livestock.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: agriculture, business, lifestyle

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: money crop, profit crop

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a readily salable crop that is grown and gathered for the market (as vegetables or cotton or tobacco)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: crop

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 經濟作物 /经济作物 (jīngjì zuòwù) — crop grown for sale
  • Dutch: handelsgewas — crop grown for sale
  • Dutch: exportgewas — crop grown for sale
  • Dutch: uitvoergewas — crop grown for sale
  • Finnish: rahakasvi — crop grown for sale
  • German: Marktfrucht — crop grown for sale
  • German: zum Verkauf bestimmtes Agrarprodukt — crop grown for sale
  • Gujarati: રોકડીયો પાક (rokḍīyo pāk) — crop grown for sale
  • Hindi: नकदी फसल (nakdī phasal) — crop grown for sale
  • Irish: barr margaidh — crop grown for sale
  • Kannada: ವಾಣಿಜ್ಯ ಬೆಳೆ (vāṇijya beḷe) — crop grown for sale
  • Korean: 현금작물 (hyeon'geumjangmul) — crop grown for sale
  • Malayalam: നാണ്യവിള (nāṇyaviḷa) — crop grown for sale
  • Marathi: नगदी पिके (nagdī pike) — crop grown for sale
  • Nepali: नगदे वाली (nagade wālī) — crop grown for sale
  • Oromo: kaash kirooppii — crop grown for sale
  • Polish: plon na sprzedaż — crop grown for sale
  • Spanish: agricultura de mercado — crop grown for sale
  • Tagalog: salapiing pananim — crop grown for sale
  • Tamil: பணப்பயிர் (paṇappayir) — crop grown for sale
  • Tamil: காசுப்பயிர் (kācuppayir) — crop grown for sale
  • Welsh: cnwd gwerthu — crop grown for sale