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cash out

verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

verb

Meaning 1

To reconcile at the end of a shift; to compare receipts of items sold to records of credit card, check and cash placed into the drawer, verifying that correct change was given out by the clerk.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

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verb

Meaning 2

To retire; to exchange gambling chips for money when finished gambling.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

Topics: gambling, games

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3

verb

Meaning 3

To exchange possession of any commodity or idea for cash.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

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4

verb

Meaning 4

To explain what is entailed by an idea or proposition.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

Qualifier: often in analytic philosophy

Examples

  • Hume cashed out the concept of causation into such experiential terms as spatiotemporal contiguity, temporal succession, and constant conjunction.

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5

verb

Meaning 5

To give up on something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, intransitive

Examples

  • If you can't even succeed with him, you might as well cash out.

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6

verb

Meaning 6

choose a simpler life style after questioning personal and career satisfaction goals

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • After 3 decades in politics, she cashed out and moved to Polynesia

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Broader terms: live

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