stash
pronunciation
How to pronounce stash in British English:
UK [stæʃ]
How to pronounce stash in American English:
US [stæʃ]
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- Noun:
- a secret store of valuables or money
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- Verb:
- save up as for future use
Word Origin
- stash (v.)
- "to conceal, hide," 1797, criminals' slang, of unknown origin, perhaps a blend of stow and cache. Related: Stashed; stashing.
- stash (n.)
- "hoard, cache," 1914, from stash (v.). Slang sense of "personal supply of narcotics" is from 1942.
Example
- 1. They are rushing in because treasurys are a safe place to stash cash in the short term .
- 2. After all most us money market funds are frantic to find somewhere anywhere safe to stash their cash , other than us treasuries .
- 3. American workers are quite mobile , and often need a temporary spot to stash their stuff while they line up a move .
- 4. People who own bitcoins will prefer to hold on to them rather than spend them , because deflation will mean that their stash of bitcoins will buy more real goods in the future than now .
- 5. During the cold war , which ended 22 years ago , the bundesbank had wanted to stash its gold " as far to the west as possible " in case soviet tanks rolled in , according to mr thiele .