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*pressed for money and *pressed for cash; *pushed for cash; *pushed for money

Fig. needful of money; short of money. (*Typically: be ~; become ~; get ~.) We are usually pushed for money at this time of year. I'm a little pressed for money just now.

See also: money, press

cash (one's chips) in 

1. Lit. to turn in one's gaming tokens or poker chips when one quits playing. When you leave the game, you should cash your chips in. Cash in your chips before you go. I'm going to cash in.

2. Fig. to quit [anything], as if one were cashing in gaming tokens; to leave or go to bed. I guess I'll cash my chips in and go home. Well, it's time to cash in my chips and go home. I'm really tired. I'm going to cash in.

3. and Cash one's checks in Euph. to die; to finish the "game of life." There's a funeral procession. Who cashed his chips in? Poor Fred cashed in his chips last week.

cash something in

to exchange something with cash value for the amount of money it is worth. I should have cashed my insurance policy in years ago. It's time to cash in your U. S. savings bonds.

cash something in (for something)

to exchange a security for money; to convert a foreign currency to one's own currency; to turn gaming tokens or poker chips in for money. I cashed the bonds in for a cashier's check. I cashed in my bonds for their face value.

cash flow problem

a lack of hard currency. My real estate business has a temporary cash flow problem. Due to his cash flow problem, he was unable to pay his employees that month.

See also: flow, problem

cash in (on something)

Fig. to earn a lot of money at something; to make a profit at something. This is a good year for drug stocks, and you can cash in on it if you're smart. It's too late to cash in on that particular clothing fad.

Cash is king.

Prov. It is best to keep one's investment money in cash. (Said when the prices in the securities markets are too high. It is better to build up cash and wait for a break in the market.) Things look a little pricey now. I'd say that cash is king for the moment. I'm holding a little cash for a little bottom fishing, but I wouldn't say that cash is king.

See also: king

Cash is trash.

Prov. It is unwise to keep one's investment money in cash. (Said when there are good opportunities in securities and it is foolish not to invest cash.) If you've got money sitting around in savings while the market is steaming ahead, you are losing dollars. Right now cash is trash. Cash is trash. Get into the market or you stand to lose a bundle.

See also: trash

cash money

Rur. money in bills and coins. You could make cash money selling your quilts, you really could. Joe wants cash money for his old TV set. He won't let me have it on credit.

See also: money

cash on the barrelhead and cash on the line

Rur. cash at the time of purchase. Jonson's store doesn't give credit. Everything is cash on the barrelhead. They offered me fifty thousand dollars cash on the line for Aunt Nancy's old house.

cash or credit

[a purchase made] either by paying cash or by putting the charges on a credit account. When Fred had all his purchases assembled on the counter, the clerk asked, "Cash or credit?'' That store does not give you a choice of cash or credit. They want cash only.

See also: credit

cash-and-carry

a method of buying and selling goods at the retail level where the buyer pays cash for the goods and carries the goods away. (As opposed to paying on credit or with the cost of delivery included.) Sorry, we don't accept credit cards. This is strictly cash-and-carry. I bought the chair cash-and-carry before I realized that I had no way to get it home.

cold, hard cash

cash, not checks or credit. I want to be paid in cold, hard cash, and I want to be paid now! Pay me now! Cash on the barrelhead—cold, hard cash.

See also: hard

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a cash cow

a business or a part of a business that always makes a lot of profit The British newspapers are the group's biggest cash cow, earning nearly 40% of group profits.

See also: cow

call/cash in your chips 

1. (humorous) to die He cashed in his chips shortly before his ninetieth birthday.

2. to sell things that you own, especially shares (= parts of a business), because you need some money

Usage notes: Chips are the round pieces of plastic that are used in some games played for money.

I think it's time to cash in our chips. It's the only way we can pay the bill.

See also: call, chip

cash on the barrelhead  (American)

money that is paid immediately when something is bought She's asking $6000 for the car - cash on the barrelhead.

hard cash  (British, American & Australian) also cold cash (American & Australian)

money in the form of coins or notes (= paper money) We gave him half the money in hard cash and wrote a cheque for the rest.

See call in chips

See also: hard

ready cash/money

money that is immediately available to spend They need investors with ready money if they're going to get the project started.

See fit to drop

See also: ready

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cash in (on something)

to make money doing something Companies developing this technology are not necessarily cashing in. Criminals cannot cash in on their crimes by selling their stories to the newspapers.

cash out (something)

to sell something you bought as an investment Most of the early investors cashed out as the business became increasingly complicated. You should avoid cashing out your retirement plan.

See also: out