cashier

Definitions


[kəˈʃɪə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person handling payments and receipts in a shop, bank, or business
(e.g: I was working as a cashier at a clothing store)


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Origin:
late 16th century: from Dutch cassier or French caissier, from caisse ‘cash’


[kəˈʃɪə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- dismiss (someone) from the armed forces in disgrace because of a serious misdemeanour
(e.g: he was found guilty and cashiered)


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Origin:
late 16th century (in the sense ‘dismiss or disband troops’): from Flemish kasseren ‘disband (troops)’ or ‘revoke (a will)’, from French casser ‘revoke, dismiss’, from Latin quassare (see quash)




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