noun General Slang

ash cash

· noun · medical

The fee a UK doctor pockets for signing a cremation form.

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British medical slang for the cash payment a doctor gets from the undertaker for completing a cremation certificate. Two doctors sign each form, two fees get paid, and the relatives foot the bill via the funeral director. Macabre by design — the rhyme is the joke. Periodically controversial enough to make the papers.

“Three forms to sign this week — that's a decent bit of ash cash on top of the salary.”
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ash cash In A Sentence

Three forms to sign this week — that's a decent bit of ash cash on top of the salary.

Origin & Usage

UK medical slang, chosen for the rhyme — a reference to the ashes of the cremated body.

Variants ash-cash

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What does ash cash mean?

It's the fee a UK doctor is paid for signing a cremation form.

How do you use ash cash in a sentence?

"The junior doctors joked about topping up their pay with a bit of ash cash."

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