Cash vs. Cheques — What's the Difference?

In economics, cash ( (listen) kash, or kaysh in AuE) is money in the physical form of currency, such as banknotes and coins. In bookkeeping and financial accounting, cash is current assets comprising currency or currency equivalents that can be accessed immediately or near-immediately (as in the case of money market accounts).

Variant of check.

Money in the form of bills or coins; currency.

Plural of cheque

Liquid assets including bank deposits and marketable securities.

Money paid in currency or by check

Any of various Asian coins of small denomination, especially a copper and lead coin with a square hole in its center.

To exchange for or convert into ready money

(uncountable) Money in the form of notes/bills and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks or electronic transactions.

Liquid assets, money that can be traded quickly, as distinct from assets that are invested and cannot be easily exchanged.

Money.

Cash register, or the counter in a business where the cash register is located.

An instance of winning a cash prize.

A place where money is kept, or where it is deposited and paid out; a money box.

Any of several low-denomination coins of India, China, or Vietnam, especially the Chinese copper coin.

(transitive) To exchange (a check/cheque) for money in the form of notes/bills.

(poker slang) To obtain a payout from a tournament.

To disband. To do away with, kill

(slang) Great; excellent; cool.

A place where money is kept, or where it is deposited and paid out; a money box.

Ready money; especially, coin or specie; but also applied to bank notes, drafts, bonds, or any paper easily convertible into money

To pay, or to receive, cash for; to exchange for money; as, cash a note or an order.

To disband.

A Chinese coin.

Money in the form of bills or coins

Prompt payment for goods or services in currency or by check

Exchange for cash;