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kas

Pronunciation: /ˈkas/

“kas” is an Indonesian word. Its 5 meanings in English:

noun

  1. money in the form of notes/bills and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks or electronic transactions
  2. liquid assets, money that can be traded quickly, as distinct from assets that are invested and cannot be easily exchanged
  3. a cashbox
  4. a watch-box
  5. leaves used as a natural red dye

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch kas, from Old French casse, from Italian cassa, from Old Italian cassa, from Latin capsa (“box, case”), from capiō (“to take, to seize, to receive”), from Proto-Indo-European *kap- (“to grasp”).

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