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“Cached” or “Cashed”

cached / cashed are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term.

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Definitions

What each term means

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cached k·AE·sh·t

No dictionary entry for this spelling — see the usage examples below for how it shows up in writing.

cashed k·AE·sh·t

  • verbexchange for cash.
  • adjectivefor which money has been paid.
Usage

Examples in context

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“cached”

  • …and then brought up and cached around Jivevaneng and Kumawa, but…
  • …Poetics: Notes on Sophocles' Oedipus, cached version of the original
  • Walker's team, sent to retrieve cached provisions, returned without success on…

“cashed”

  • However, when a policy is cashed out before death, the treatment
  • She is "cashed up" from the life insurance…
  • …in the Bank briefcase and cashed in his contract, making the…
  • …annual obligatory amount which is cashed out of a RRIF and…
  • …the main event, Seth Rollins cashed in his Money in the…

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