"cash in" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-cash in.ogg [Australia] Forms: cashes in [present, singular, third-person], cashing in [participle, present], cashed in [participle, past], cashed in [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} 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. Categories (topical): Death Derived forms: cash in one's chips Related terms: cash in hand
    Sense id: en-cash_in-en-verb-uhYjED0V Disambiguation of Death: 23 40 37
  2. (figurative) To profit from something; to take advantage of an opportunity in order to profit, especially financially. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Death Translations (to profit from): rahastaa (Finnish), nauttia (Finnish), tirer profit (French), profiter (French), tirer parti (French), memanfaatkan (Indonesian), ávkkáiduvvat (Northern Sami), niktet (Northern Sami)
    Sense id: en-cash_in-en-verb-vWpNxejo Disambiguation of Death: 23 40 37 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs with particle (in), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 89 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 87 6 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (in): 14 75 11 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 8 86 5 Disambiguation of 'to profit from': 0 100 0
  3. (slang) To die. Tags: slang Categories (topical): Death Synonyms: die
    Sense id: en-cash_in-en-verb-jx6TKsZL Disambiguation of Death: 23 40 37

Inflected forms

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