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caisse nom {f} | case [cases]◼◼◼(box containing a number of identical items of manufacture) box [boxes]◼◼◼(cuboid space; container) crate [crates]◼◼◼(box or basket) checkout [checkouts]◼◼◼(supermarket checkout position) cash desk◼◻◻(place with a cash register) point of sale◼◻◻(location at which payment for goods is made) |
caisse claire nom {f} | snare [snares]◼◼◼(music: type of drum) snare drum◼◼◼(tubular drum) |
caisse d'épargne nom {f} | savings bank◼◼◼(financial institution) |
caisse de maladie nom {f} | health fund◼◼◼(A not-for-profit or a public health insurance company) |
caisse de résonance nom {f} | sound box◼◼◼(resonant chamber of a stringed musical instrument) |
caisse enregistreuse nom {f} | cash register◼◼◼(machine) till [tills]◼◻◻(cash register) |
caisse maladie nom {f} | health fund◼◼◼(A not-for-profit or a public health insurance company) |
caisse noire nom {f} | slush fund◼◼◼(money stored for illegal or dishonest purposes) |
caisse-outre nom {f} | box wine(wine that is sealed in a plastic bladder) |
caisse à savon nom {f} | soapbox car(vehicle) |
(today in France) caisse de crédit municipal nom {f} | pawnshop(business premises of a pawnbroker) |
[colloquial] lâcher une caisse verbe | blow off(pass gas) |
[informal] en faire des caisses verbe | stretch the truth(idioms: to exaggerate) |
[vulgar] aller chier dans sa caisse verbe | bugger off(to leave, go away, disappear) |
[vulgar] va chier dans ta caisse interjection | bite me(expression of discontent or aggravation) |
en faire des caisses verbe | go overboard(go too far) |
encaissement nom {m} | debt collection◼◼◼(the process of pursuing payments of debts owed by individuals or businesses) |
encaisser verbe | cash [cashed, cashing, cashes]◼◼◼(to exchange (a check/cheque) for money) bite the bullet(accept or endure a negative aspect of a situation in order to proceed.) |
encaisseur nom {m} | collector [collectors]◼◼◼(person who is employed to collect payments) |
grosse caisse nom {f} | bass drum◼◼◼(large drum with a low pitch) |
lâcher une caisse verbe | cut one loose(fart) |
lâcher une caisse [colloquial] verbe | fart [farted, farting, farts]◼◼◼(to emit flatulent gases) |
sac de caisse nom {m} | carrier bag◼◼◼(thin bag) |
taper dans la caisse verbe | have one's hand in the till(to steal money that one has been trusted with) |
tenir la caisse verbe | hold the purse strings(to be in control of expenditure) |
tiroir-caisse nom {m} | till [tills]◼◼◼(box within a cash register) |
à fond la caisse adverbe | full throttle(all out) |