cash inとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

cash in (third-person singular simple present cashes in, present participle cashing in, simple past and past participle cashed in)

1. To exchange for cash.

   The gamblers cashed in their remaining chips at the end of the night.

   • 2012, Jeff Bhasker, Nate Ruess, Andrew Dost, Jack Antonoff, “Some Nights”, in Some Nights), performed by fun.:

     Some nights, I stay up cashing in my bad luck
     Some nights, I call it a draw

2. (intransitive) To settle one's debts, accounts, or bills, especially relating to gambling.

   He's just mad because I haven't cashed in yet.

3. (figurative, often followed by on) To profit from something; to take advantage of an opportunity in order to profit, especially financially; to capitalize on.

   Lots of people tried to cash in on that market, but few succeeded.

   • 1970, Richard R. Lingeman, Don't You Know There's a War On? […] , Putnam, →ISBN, page 16:

     Showman Monte Proser tried to cash in on the boom on a mass basis with his Dance Carnival in Madison Square Garden, where dancers lindy hopped, shagged and fox-trotted to the orchestras of Benny Goodman, Larry Clinton and Charlie Barnett […]

   • 2021 November 24, Phil McNulty, “Manchester City 2 - 1 Paris Saint Germain”, in BBC Sport‎:

     For all PSG's attacking riches, it was Manchester City who carried the more concerted threat - with the only concern initially that they could not cash in on their domination.

4. (slang) To die.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:die

   • 1907, Robert Service, “The Cremation of Sam McGee”, in The Spell of The Yukon and Other Verses:

     He turned to me, and "Cap," says he, "I'll cash in this trip, I guess; / And if I do, I'm asking that you won't refuse my last request." […]

   • 1974, Charles Bukowski, “Purple as an Iris”, in Erections, ejaculations, exhibitions and general tales of ordinary madness, page 414:

     Well, it all ended up, I lost my privileges for two weeks. But someday before I cash in, I hope to make it in the straw.

派生語

• cash in one's chips

参考

• cash in hand

Further reading

• “cash in v.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present

アナグラム

• Chains, Chians, Chinas, Cishan, chains, chasin', chinas