Cash

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Cash usually refers to money in the form of liquid currency, such as banknotes or coins.

Etymology The English word cash is of the French :wiktionary:caisse, itself a borrowing of the Provençal caissa. That Provençal word is a derivative of the Latin :wiktionary:capsa (box, chest), most likely by way of an unattested Vulgar Latin form *capsea; Spanish language :wiktionary:caja and Portuguese language :wiktionary:caixa are their respective languages' reflexes.{{cite encyclopedia|title=Cash, n.1|encyclopedia=OED Online-->{{cite encyclopedia] or, with the elimination of metallic standards, banknotes. In this sense, it is used in contrast to credit or other financial instruments.

The word "cash" can also be traced back to: Sanskrit karsa, a weight of gold or silver but akin to Old Persian karsha-, a weight. a unit of value equivalent to one cash coin. Historical usage in Asia The word was formerly used also to refer to certain low-value coins used in South Asia and East Asia. This sense derives from the Tamil language kāsu, a South Indian monetary unit. The early European representations of this Tamil word, including Portuguese caxa and English cass, merged the existing words caixa and cash, which had similar connections with money. In the pre-1818 South Indian monetary system, the cash was the basic coin, with 80 cash equalling a fanam and 42 fanams equalling a star pagoda worth roughly 7shilling 8penny{{cite encyclopedia|title=Cash, n.2|encyclopedia=OED Online-->

This assimilated Tamil word was then applied to various other coins with which European traders came into contact, including the famous holed cash coins of China, the Chinese cash. Also called wén, these coins were commonly strung on cords for use in larger transactions; 1000 equalled a tael.

In bookkeeping and finance, cash refers to a current asset account, as opposed to long term assets such as property plant and equipment.

Cash is commonly defined as money in the form of bills or coin, legal tender.

See also

Cash register
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash flow
Cash counter
Cash management
Petty cash
Chinese cash
List of English words of Persian origin