cash shortage
Not enough money
A cash shortage is when available cash falls short of what's needed or expected.
In retail, it's a discrepancy between the register's recorded sales and actual cash on hand: We're investigating a cash shortage from last night's shift.
More broadly, it describes insufficient funds to meet obligations: The company faced a cash shortage and couldn't make payroll.
- deficitAmount still owed
- shortfallFailure to reach quota
- running lowNearing exhaustion of supply
- crunchCrushing, grinding noise
- credit crunchSevere reduction in lending
strapped · broke · in the red · tight · pinch · overdraft · bank account · debt · bankruptcy · insolvency · empty pockets · scraping · making ends meet · living paycheck to paycheck · budget · tight budget · liquidity · paycheck
- shortages
- ATM errorscard jam, declined, timeout, insufficient funds, daily limit
- shortfallsdeficit, shortfall, budget shortfall, gap, lack
- Demonetizationold notes, liquidity crisis, withdrawal limits, currency exchange, deadline extension
- forex eventsdevaluation, revaluation, currency crash, currency speculation, currency reform
- budget limitsbudget cap, budget cut, budget cuts, spending cap, spending caps
cash shortagecash reserves
Accessible money stockpile
liquid assets · cash on hand · surplus funds · working capital
cash shortagewealth
Abundance of valuable resources
prosperity · affluence · solvency · financial security · financial stability
cash, shortage, cashed, cashing, cashes, cashless, cashier, short, shorter