cashier
/kæˈʃɪə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · /kæˈʃɪr/ (ame, ipa) · /ka-ˈshir kə-/ (ame, mw) · /kæʃˈɪər/ (bre, ipa) · /kæʃˈɪr/ (ame, ipa)
cashier — noun
1. someone who works at a checkout counter or till, taking money from customers and
someone who works at a checkout counter or till, taking money from customers and handing back change or receipts in places such as shops, banks, and restaurants.
The cashier at the supermarket smiled and handed Priya her change.
typical role: receiving payment and giving change
Yusuf worked as a cashier at a local bank for almost four years.
cashier + at [place]
The cashier counted the notes twice before closing the drawer.
A new cashier was hired to handle the evening rush at the cafe.
Leila handed the cashier a ten-dollar bill for her coffee.
- customer
the person who pays, rather than the person who receives the payment
常見錯誤
cashier — verb
1. to officially force a member of the armed forces to leave their position as a pu
to officially force a member of the armed forces to leave their position as a punishment for doing something wrong, especially something that brings shame on the person or the military.
The officer was cashiered for stealing food and supplies from the army camp.
passive: be cashiered for [reason]
After the investigation, the military court decided to cashier the sergeant.
active: cashier [person]
Two junior soldiers were cashiered for refusing to follow orders during combat.
The general was cashiered after evidence showed he had leaked secret plans.
- commission
to formally give someone a military rank, the opposite of removing them
文法句型
cashier + [person]
be cashiered for [reason]
用法筆記
Almost always found in formal or historical writing about military discipline. The passive form (be cashiered) is more common than the active. This sense has no connection to the noun 'cashier' meaning a shop worker — the two words arrived in English from different language roots.
常見錯誤
2. to decide that something is no longer useful or acceptable and get rid of it — f
to decide that something is no longer useful or acceptable and get rid of it — for example, rejecting an old rule, a failed plan, or an idea that has been shown to be wrong.
The committee voted to cashier the old policy and draft a new one.
cashier + [policy/rule]
Modern researchers have cashiered the theory as having no scientific basis.
The editor decided to cashier the weakest chapter from the book entirely.
Historians cashiered the old account of the battle when new records appeared.
文法句型
cashier + [something]
cashier + [idea/plan/rule]
用法筆記
A very rare sense found mostly in academic or literary writing. The object is typically an abstract thing (a rule, theory, plan, tradition) rather than a physical object. This sense is closely related to the military-dismissal sense in that both mean 'to remove or eliminate.'