The Finder has an interesting take on this: copy a file with ⌘C, then move it somewhere with ⌥⌘V. This is much nicer than the Windows Explorer's CTRL+X and CTRL+V, where the user is unsure what happens when they never paste the file.

What does happen if you never paste the file?

It feels to me like cut/copy (in the clipboard manipulation sense)/paste are nonsensical operations on files in the first place.