cashier
pronunciation
How to pronounce cashier in British English:
UK [kæˈʃɪə(r)]
How to pronounce cashier in American English:
US [kæˈʃɪr]
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- Noun:
- an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money
- a person responsible for receiving payments for goods and services (as in a shop or restaurant)
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- Verb:
- discard or do away with
- discharge with dishonor, as in the army
Word Origin
- cashier (n.)
- "person in charge of money," 1590s, from Middle French caissier "treasurer," from caisse "money box" (see cash (n.)). The immediate source of the English word might be Middle Dutch kassier.
- cashier (v.)
- "dismiss," 1590s, from Middle Dutch casseren, kaseeren "to cast off, discharge," from French casser "to discharge, annul," from Late Latin cassare "annul," from Latin cassus "void, empty" (see caste (n.)). Related: Cashiered; cashiering.
Example
- 1. I told him my fantasy of the cashier .
- 2. Even when the cashier gives you the wrong change .
- 3. The cashier called police , who found drugs in the customer 's car and arrested him .
- 4. Do I pay you or the cashier ?
- 5. When he looked back he noticed the former grocery store cashier hiding behind a pile ofcanes .