Cashier

Quick meaning: Cashier is a verb meaning (transitive, now rare) To dismiss (someone, especially military personnel) from service.

Meaning

(transitive, now rare) To dismiss (someone, especially military personnel) from service.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To discard, put away.
2. (transitive) To annul.
3. One who works at a till or receives payments.
4. Person in charge of the cash of a business or bank.
5. (intransitive) To work as a cashier (at a till or receiving payment).

Example Sentences

His ninth Legion having mutined neere unto Placentia, he presently cassiered the same with great ignominie unto it[…].

Inevitably his appeals for financial assistance were ignored and, though not cashiered from the army, he was pointedly cold-shouldered by his brother officers.

Today, haute couture is finished, snorts [Pierre] Bergé at his most gallic, no more than a licence to flog scent and handbags, and a pastime for bored supermodels and cashiered pop stars.

The chefs never cooked before, the cashiers never cashiered before, the dishwashers never dishwashed before, the waitresses never waitressed before, and the managers never managed before.

Word Forms

• cashiers
• cashiering
• cashiered
• casheer

Synonyms for cashier

Depending on context, synonyms include teller.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include teller, toll, fare, charge, checkout, fund.

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