cashier
cashier Lexical Profile
cashier Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A person whose job is to receive and pay out money in a store, bank, restaurant, or other business.
"The cashier scanned the groceries and handed the customer a printed receipt."
• verb
To dismiss or discharge someone from an official position or military service, especially in disgrace.
"The disgraced officer was formally cashiered after the tribunal uncovered evidence of misconduct."
To discard, reject, or scrap a plan, proposal, or item as no longer useful.
"The committee decided to cashier the outdated curriculum in favor of a modern approach."
Word Nuance & Usage
The noun meaning a person who handles payments and the verb meaning to dismiss from service in disgrace are unrelated homographs derived from different etymological roots.
• Rhymes for cashier
Word Origin & Etymology
The noun derives from Middle French caissier ('treasurer'), from caisse ('money box'). The verb is an unrelated homograph borrowed from Dutch kasseren ('to dismiss from service'), ultimately from Late Latin quassare ('to shatter or annul').