cash in meaning and examples
Meaning
- Cash in means to exchange something for money, or to profit from a situation, sometimes with the nuance of taking advantage of it.
Grammar and Usage
- Part of speech: Phrasal verb
- Transitive: “cash in something” (e.g., cash in bonds).
- Intransitive: “cash in on something” (e.g., cash in on a trend).
Variations
- Cash in something: To exchange for money.
- Cash in on something: To take advantage of an opportunity, sometimes with a negative nuance (profiteering).
Common Phrases
- Cash in one’s chips
- Cash in bonds/shares
- Cash in on someone’s popularity
- Cash in on the situation
Collocations
- cash in bonds
- cash in insurance policy
- cash in on success
- cash in on trend
- cash in on crisis
Examples
- He decided to cash in his stocks before the market dropped.
- The company cashed in on the popularity of electric cars.
- She cashed in her life insurance policy to pay for medical expenses.
- Opportunists tried to cash in on the disaster by raising prices.
- He finally cashed in his casino chips and left the table.
- The publisher tried to cash in on the writer’s fame.
- They cashed in their savings bonds to buy a new house.
- The shopkeeper cashed in on the holiday season by extending store hours.
- Profit from
- Take advantage of
- Capitalize on
- Monetize
Antonym
- Miss out on
- Lose money
- Squander
