French Dictionary

(a) box; crate of fruit, tub of plants

(b) portable cashbox; (non-portable, electronic) till, cash till; faire la ~ to count up, do the till; tenir la ~ to be the cashier; (fig) to hold the purse strings; avoir de l'argent en ~ to have ready cash; voler la ~ to make off with the contents of the till, make off with the takings; (fig) les ~s sont vides the coffers are empty;

~ comptable, ~ enregistreuse cash register

(c) ~ (de sortie) till, cash desk; (in supermarket) checkout; payez à la ~ pay at the checkout (or) till; passer à la ~ to go to the checkout; (fig) être prié de passer à la ~ to get paid off, be given one's last wages and told to leave; être/travailler à la ~ to be/work on the till (or) checkout

(d) (Finance) fund; (place where fund is managed) office;

~ des dépôts et consignations deposit and consignment office; ~ d'entraide mutual aid fund; ~ d'épargne savings bank; Caisse nationale d'épargne Trustee Savings Bank; ~ noire slush fund; ~ de prévoyance contingency fund; ~ de retraite pension fund; ~ de secours relief fund, emergency fund; ~ de solidarité school fund

(e) (Music) drum;

~ claire side or snare drum

(f) (Tech) case, casing, housing; car's bodywork;

~ à eau water tank; ~ d'emballage packing case; ~ à outils toolbox; ~ de résonance resonance chamber; ~ à savon soapbox; (Anatomy) ~ du tympan tympanic cavity

(g) (Slang) car (neutral), motor (Slang); tu prends quelle ~? which car are you taking?; t'as vu un peu la ~! check out the wheels on that!; aller à fond la ~ to go flat out (Infml), step on the gas (Slang), put one's foot to the floor (Infml);

vieille ~, ~ à savon old banger (Infml)

(h) (Slang) nut (Infml), bonce (Infml), noggin (Slang, humorous)

(i) (Slang) chest (neutral); il en a dans la ~ he's got one hell of a voice (Infml); il s'en va de la ~ his lungs are giving in

(j) (Slang) fart; lâcher une ~ to let one fly, let rip

French-English translation of caisse