0 present participle of cashier --
1 to officially dismiss (= remove from a job) a person from a military organization, especially making them lose their honour at the same time --
My first objection to it is that the single penalty of cashiering is a vicious provision.
It is designed as an escape for officers, because the only penalty can be cashiering.
Every officer who saw this before him would jump at the opportunity of having imprisonment without cashiering instead of cashiering.
There are, of course, more severe punishments than dismissal, such as cashiering and even imprisonment.
I am not at all clear what exactly is the difference between cashiering and discharging.
Of course, that decision was not dismissal or cashiering, which latter would imply some disgraceful and probably criminal offence.
Cashiering meant that the officer could not get into the best clubs and was shunned by his friends.
Is he aware also that it has been estimated that some 50,000 employees in clearing banks are currently doing cashiering and book-keeping work?
