Meanings
nouncash crop (plural cash crops)
plural cash crops
- agricultureA crop that is grown for sale rather than for personal food or for feeding to livestock.
So the matter rested until the Cranbrook & Paddock Wood Company was incorporated on August 8, 1877, appropriately displaying a bunch of hops on its seal, for these had become the principal cash crop in the area.
1960 March, H. P. White, “The Hawkhurst branch of the Southern Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 170Synonyms: money crop, profit crop
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA crop that is grown for sale rather than for personal food or for feeding to livestock.
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 經濟作物 /经济作物
- 經濟作物 /经济作物 (jīngjì zuòwù)crop grown for sale
Dutch handelsgewas, exportgewas
- handelsgewascrop grown for sale
- exportgewascrop grown for sale
- uitvoergewascrop grown for sale
Finnish rahakasvi
- rahakasvicrop grown for sale
German Marktfrucht, zum Verkauf bestimmtes Agrarprodukt
- Marktfruchtcrop grown for sale
- zum Verkauf bestimmtes Agrarproduktcrop grown for sale
Hindi नकदी फसल
- नकदी फसल (nakdī phasal)crop grown for sale
Irish barr margaidh
- barr margaidhcrop grown for sale
Korean 현금작물
- 현금작물 (hyeon'geumjangmul)crop grown for sale
Polish plon na sprzedaż
- plon na sprzedażcrop grown for sale
Spanish agricultura de mercado
- agricultura de mercadocrop grown for sale
Tagalog salapiing pananim
- salapiing pananimcrop grown for sale
Tamil பணப்பயிர், காசுப்பயிர்
- பணப்பயிர் (paṇappayir)crop grown for sale
- காசுப்பயிர் (kācuppayir)crop grown for sale
Welsh cnwd gwerthu
- cnwd gwerthucrop grown for sale
Cite this entry
APA
cash crop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cash%20crop
MLA
“cash crop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cash%20crop. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cash crop,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cash%20crop.
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