Cashier
nounA person whose job is to handle payments and the till in a shop or bank.
How to spell cashier
7 letters · 2 syllables
How to pronounce cashier
Say the part in capitals loudest.
What does cashier mean?
- nounA person whose job is to handle payments and the till in a shop or bank.
Cashier in a sentence
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The cashier scanned each item and read out the total.
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She worked as a cashier at the supermarket while studying.
Where does cashier come from?
Language of origin: French
The noun cashier reached English around the year 1600 from the French caissier and the Dutch cassier, both meaning a person in charge of the cash box. Those words trace back through the French caisse and ultimately to the Latin capsa, meaning a chest or box for holding money or valuables, the same root that gives us 'case' and 'capsule'. The job title therefore originally described the keeper of the box rather than simply someone who takes payment. The verb cashier, meaning to dismiss someone in disgrace, has a completely separate origin: it comes from the Dutch casseren and the French casser, meaning to break or annul, from the Latin quassare, to shatter. The two words drifted into the same spelling in English, which is why a single form covers both a person at the till and the act of stripping an officer of rank.
How the word is built
- cash (money, from caisse: money box)
- -ier (agent suffix: one who handles)
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