›BANKING, FINANCEan account that a customer has in which the whole amount owed for items bought must be paid for immediately: With a cash account you are required to pay in full for the purchase of securities on or before the settlement date.
›ACCOUNTINGthe part of a set of accounts in which money received or spent in cash is recorded: He asked to examine the cash accounts.
›BANKINGa current account: The rules for opening a cash account are simple.