cashier

cash-ier · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A person responsible for receiving and paying out money at a store, bank, or other establishment.

  2. 2.

    (military) To dismiss someone from the armed forces in disgrace.

  3. 3.

    A senior official in a bank responsible for managing cash flow.

  4. 4.

    To dismiss or discard.

Forms

plural: cashiers

Related words

See also: cash, clerk, register, teller
Synonyms: checkout operator, clerk, teller

Etymology

From Dutch cassier or French caissier, from caisse ("money box, cash register"), ultimately from Latin capsa ("box"). The verb meaning "to dismiss" comes from a different Dutch word casseren ("to revoke, annul").