cash in
verb
cashed in; cashing in; cashes in
: to obtain cash for
cashed in the bonds
1
a
: to retire from a gambling game
b
: to settle accounts and withdraw from an involvement (such as a business deal)
2
: to obtain advantage or financial profit
—often used with on
cash in on a bestseller
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Examples of cash in in a Sentence
some observers thought the lawyers were cashing in on the tragedy
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The first Nvidia GeForce RTX 5000 graphics cards don’t go on sale until Thursday, but that hasn’t stopped scalpers from trying to cash in.
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Michael Kan, PCMAG, 24 Jan. 2025
Santos started the second half and cashed in his fourth 3-pointer, matching his output from the previous night in Sacramento.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
Last year, owners of the two clubs cashed in through sales processes at valuations of $250 million and $120 million.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 24 Jan. 2025
And that was in between sword-dancing onstage to the Village People at an inaugural ball; cashing in on the Presidency by marketing the $TRUMP cryptocoin, currently worth billions of dollars; and getting in a pissing match with an Episcopalian bishop who dared to question him to his face.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2025
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Michael Kan, PCMAG, 24 Jan. 2025
Santos started the second half and cashed in his fourth 3-pointer, matching his output from the previous night in Sacramento.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
Last year, owners of the two clubs cashed in through sales processes at valuations of $250 million and $120 million.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 24 Jan. 2025
And that was in between sword-dancing onstage to the Village People at an inaugural ball; cashing in on the Presidency by marketing the $TRUMP cryptocoin, currently worth billions of dollars; and getting in a pissing match with an Episcopalian bishop who dared to question him to his face.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Cash in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cash%20in. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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