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cash out

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Cash  (ksh), John Known as "Johnny." 1932-2003.
American country and western singer and songwriter best known for his songs about poverty and the downtrodden, including "Folsom Prison Blues" (1969).

cash 1  (ksh)
n.
1. Money in the form of bills or coins; currency.
2. Payment for goods or services in currency or by check.
tr.v. cashed, cash·ing, cash·es
To exchange for or convert into ready money: cash a check; cash in one's gambling chips.
Phrasal Verbs:
cash in
1. To withdraw from a venture by or as if by settling one's account.
2. Informal To obtain a profit or other advantage by timely exploitation: Profiteers cashed in during the gasoline shortage.
3. Slang To die.
cash out
To dispose of a long-held asset for profit: Hard-pressed farmers are tempted to cash out by selling their valuable land.
Idiom:
cash on the barrelhead
Immediate payment: You must pay cash on the barrelhead; we don't offer credit.

[Obsolete French casse, money box (from Norman French; see case2) or from Italian cassa (from Latin capsa, case).]

cashless adj.

cash 2  (ksh)
n. pl. cash
Any of various Asian coins of small denomination, especially a copper and lead coin with a square hole in its center.

[Portuguese caixa, from Tamil kcu, a small coin.]
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Verb1.cash out - choose a simpler life style after questioning personal and career satisfaction goals; "After 3 decades in politics, she cashed out and moved to Polynesia"
live - lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style; "we had to live frugally after the war"


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In cash terms, the company has "fallen off the edge"--any sales growth in excess of that inflection point drains cash out of the company.
 
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