Cash refers to coins and currencies, as you might expect. In accounting terms, it also includes plus deposits held in financial institutions and checks to be deposited in those same institutions, that ...

Cash equivalents include any items that can be used as cash or converted to cash quickly. Foreign currency and money orders are common examples. As a small business, you'll come across the term in two ...

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