From Longman Business Dictionarycash priceˈcash price [countable]1COMMERCEthe price charged for something when you buy it immediately using cash or a cheque, rather than the full cost of something bought using CREDITIbanez guitar urgently wanted, any condition, genuine private buyer, good cash price paid or part exchange2FINANCE in a takeover or MERGER (=when two companies combine), an amount paid to investors in cash rather than in sharesAmerican International’s $32.50-a-share cash price for International Lease3FINANCE the price for immediate delivery of a COMMODITY (=oil, metal, farm product etc)SYNSPOT PRICEIn copper, the premium of the cash price over the three-months’ contract (=the amount by which the cash price is more than the futures price) continued to narrow. → price
