cashiered; cashiering; cashiers
1
transitive
: to dismiss from service
especially
: to dismiss dishonorably
… the RAF flight-lieutenant who was cashiered in early 1970 for "scandalous conduct" in performing his duties while naked. —
Fenton Bresler
Fenton Bresler 2
transitive
: reject, discard
At the heart of Sofia, midway between the erstwhile palace and the cashiered Party building, stands the statue of Nikolai Vaptzarov, poet and national hero.—Clive Sinclair
Clive Sinclair3
intransitive
: to work in a store as a cashier
When she's not cashiering she's busy sorting and pricing women's clothes.—Ellen Sussman
Ellen Sussman
cash·ier
(ˌ)ka-ˈshir 
: one that has charge of money: such as
a
: a high officer in a bank or trust company responsible for moneys received and expended
b
: one who collects and records payments
c
: an employee (as in a store) who handles monetary transactions
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Examples of cashier in a Sentence
Verb
He was cashiered from the army.
was abruptly cashiered after money was found missing from the safe
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Robert C. O’Brien, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
Xu was summarily cashiered from his university position.
—Orville Schell, Foreign Affairs, 22 June 2021
Shania Russell, EW.com, 3 Nov. 2024
Former cast member Pete Davidson made a cameo on this week’s SNL, joining Andrew Dismukes as customers at the Port Authority Duane Reade run by John Mulaney’s cashier.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 2 Nov. 2024
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Verb
The Iron Curtain had fallen, and the countries of Eastern Europe had cashiered communism and abandoned the Warsaw Pact, lining up to join Western Europe and the rest of the free world.
—Robert C. O’Brien, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
Xu was summarily cashiered from his university position.
—Orville Schell, Foreign Affairs, 22 June 2021
Noun
This time around, the bizarre storyline begins when two customers (Davidson and Andrew Dismukes) dare to ask the front counter cashier (Mulaney) to hand over a gallon of milk before boarding their bus back to Boston.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 3 Nov. 2024
Former cast member Pete Davidson made a cameo on this week’s SNL, joining Andrew Dismukes as customers at the Port Authority Duane Reade run by John Mulaney’s cashier.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Cashier.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cashier. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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