Basic Details
Word: Cashier
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: A person whose job is to take and pay out money in a shop, bank or office.
Synonyms: teller, clerk, treasurer
How to Spell Cashier
Syllables: cash - ier
Tricky part: It is cash + ier. The ending is ie, not ee or ea, even though it sounds like 'eer'.
Watch out for: casheer, cashear, cashiere
Memory tip: First comes the cash, then ier: the cashier is the person who handles the cash.
Usage Examples
Example 1: The cashier at the bank counted the notes twice before handing them over.
Example 2: Please pay the cashier at the counter near the exit.
Example 3: My cousin works as a cashier at a supermarket in Chennai.
Fun Fact
English also has a verb to cashier, which means to dismiss an officer from the armed forces in disgrace. It comes from a different source, the Dutch casseren.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
Only one word in the list is spelt correctly. Choose the meaning of that word.
1. electrision 2. pharmasist 3. cashier 4. surgion
a) a person who takes and pays out money in a shop or bank
b) a person who fits and repairs electrical wiring
c) a person trained to prepare and sell medicines
d) a doctor who performs operations
Show answer
a) a person who takes and pays out money in a shop or bank. Each job title has a slip: pharmacist needs ph and c, electrician ends in -cian, surgeon in -eon. Cashier is spelt correctly.
Word Connection
Choose the word closest in meaning to cashier as used in the sentence:
The cashier at the bank's front counter stayed patient even with the long Monday queue.
a) manager
b) customer
c) porter
d) teller
Show answer
d) teller. A bank teller does the same job as the cashier: taking in and paying out money.
Mingle-Mangle
Rearrange the jumbled letters in the sentence to form the right word:
The rahcise handed me the change and the bill with a smile.
a) crusher
b) cashew
c) cashier
d) chaser
Show answer
c) cashier. The person who hands you the change and the bill is the cashier, and rahcise uses all seven of its letters.
Word Cookie
Fill in the missing letters:
cash__r
a) i, e
b) e, e
c) a, e
d) e, i
Show answer
a) i, e. The end of cashier is i then e, the same order as in pier.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where would you most expect to find a cashier?
a) on a cricket pitch
b) behind a shop counter
c) in a classroom
d) in a lighthouse
Show answer
b) behind a shop counter
2. After you pay, a cashier usually gives you ____.
a) a remedy
b) a recipe
c) a receipt
d) a report
Show answer
c) a receipt
