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CASH BOOK

Details of all money received and money paid out. You should have a separate cash book/section for each bank account. A journal where a business’s cash sales and purchases are entered. A

CASH BUDGET

A budget used to quantify an immediate, short-term cash flow. Reviewing daily, weekly, and monthly expenditures is essential for a resolution to establish credit lines or contemplate investing short-term idle cash.

CASH CAPABILITY

The amount of cash that is on hand and in reserves and the amount that can be borrowed on a very short notice.

CASH COLLATERAL

Cash, negotiable instruments, documents of title, securities, deposit accounts, or other cash equivalents, whenever acquired, in which the estate and an entity other than the estate have an interest.

CASH COLLATERAL ACCOUNT

An account in the name of a borrower that serves as a clearing account with its bank, usually for the purpose of securing and servicing an indebtedness.

CASH COLLATERALIZED DEBT OBLIGATION

(CDO) A COLLATERALIZED DEBT OBLIGATION that is created on a funded basis through the use of actual DEBT securities rather than CREDIT DERIVATIVE contracts. A cash CDO may be structured as a

CASH CONCENTRATION

The transfer of funds from diverse accounts into a central account to improve the efficiency of cash management.

CASH CONTROL

Trying to allocate any funds spent in battles & wars as gifts to other family.

CASH CONVERSION PERIOD

measures how long a firm will be deprived of cash if it increases its investment in resources in order to expand customer sales. It is thus a measure of the liquidity risk

CASH COST

When a company sells something such as a stock to raise quick profits.

CASH COVER

Derivatives position, such as a written option contract, where the option writer meets their margin obligations with cash.

CASH COW

In business, a cash cow is a product or a business unit that generates unusually high profit margins: so high that it is responsible for a large amount of a company’s operating

CASH CYCLE

Refers to the period of time, often given days, in between the purchasing of the raw materials and the receipt of payment from accounts receivable which was generated from the final sale

CASH DISBURSEMENT

Any moneys (e.g., checks, cash, warrants, credit or debit card amounts, and EFTs (Electronic Fund Transfers) paid by the state during a period regardless of when the related obligations are incurred.

CASH DISCOUNT

(e.g., 2% off the total of a bill if it is paid in 30 days or less) offered for prompt payment of an invoice.

CASH DIVIDEND

Payments made by a corporation to its shareholder members. It is the portion of corporate profits paid out to stockholders.

CASH EARNINGS

A firm’s cash revenues less cash expenses, which excludes the costs of depreciation.

CASH EQUITY

The stock or capital stock of a business entity represents the original capital paid into or invested in the business by its founders.

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