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feminine

/kɛs/

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Translation

till, checkout; crate; fund

Word origin

From Old Provençal caissa, from Latin capsa ('box, case, container'). English 'case' and 'cash' descend from the same Latin word.

Origin: Latin
Root: capsa
English cognates: case, cash, capsule

Grammar

Genderfeminine

Pluralcaisses

Examples

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Please pay at the till.

There was a long queue at checkout number three.

We put the bottles into a wooden crate.

The pension fund pays out the pension every month.

au .

He turned up at the office in an old red banger.

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This word is part of lesson 32.