cash|ier

cash|ier
cash|ier1 «ka SHIHR», noun.
1. a person in charge of collecting and recording payments in a store or other business establishment.
2. a bank officer who is in charge of the bank's monetary transactions.
[< French caissier treasurer < caisse; see etym. under cash1 (Cf.cash)]
cash|ier2 «ka SHIHR», transitive verb.
1. to dismiss from service; discharge in disgrace: »

The dishonest officer was deprived of his rank and cashiered.

2. to discard; get rid of: »

I shall straightway cashier the hunting-frock (Richard Brinsley Sheridan).

[< Dutch casseren < Old French casser, quasser < Latin quassāre break, and ultimately < cassus empty]

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