[n] prompt payment for goods or services in currency or by check [n] money in the form of bills or coins [v] exchange for cash; "I cashed the check as soon as it arrived in the mail"
cash in, hard cash, hard currency, immediate payment
credit, deferred payment
acquitment, acquittal, acquittance, amortization, amortizement, and pence, available funds, balance in hand, banknotes, bills, binder, bread, cash down, cash in, cash in hand, cash on delivery, cash payment, cash supply, change, circulating medium, cleara