cash payment
Currency changing hands
A cash payment is payment made with physical currency rather than by check, credit card, or electronic transfer.
The term emphasizes immediate, tangible exchange: The contractor offered a discount for cash payment.
In some contexts, cash payment implies off-the-books transactions to avoid taxes or documentation.
- banknotesPaper currency notes
- dollar billsPaper legal tender
- folding moneyPaper bills, not coins
- exact changePayment without remainder
- street marketsOutdoor roadside vendor gatherings
currency · coins · liquidity · tipping · out of pocket · barter · privacy concerns · cashier · vending machines · rural economies · emergency funds · money under the table · utility bills · legal tender · counterfeit money · credit card · greenbacks · rent payments
- paymentscredit cards, debit cards, credit card, debit card, paycheck
- Gas station activitiespumping gas, paying, filling up, prepaying, swiping card
- Payment Typesinstallments, prepayment, autopay, direct deposit, wire transfer
- marriage giftsdowry, bridewealth, bride price, trousseau, hope chest
- cashbills, banknotes, greenbacks, paper money, legal tender
- checkoutregister, checkout, cashier, checkout lane, checkout counter
cash paymentcredit card payment
Transaction using borrowed funds
credit · check payment · wire transfer · electronic payment · bank transfer
cash paymentdeferred payment
Buying before paying
credit · installment payment · buy now pay later · financing · installment plan