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cashier1 definition

cash·ier (ka s̸hir)

noun

  1. a person hired to collect and keep a record of customers' payments, as in a store
  2. an officer in a bank or company responsible for receipts and disbursements

Etymology: < MDu or MFr; MDu cassier < MFr caissier < caisse

cashier2 definition

cash·ier (ka s̸hir)

transitive verb

  1. to dismiss, esp. in dishonor, from a position of command, trust, etc.
  2. to discard or reject

Etymology: MDu casseren, to disband soldiers < MFr casser, to break < LL cassare, to nullify, destroy < L cassus, empty, futile (see quash) & quassare (see quash)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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