cash transfer
Funds sent directly
A cash transfer is a direct payment of money from one party to another, typically from a government or organization to individuals.
The term appears most often in social policy contexts: unconditional cash transfers to low-income families, emergency cash transfers after the hurricane.
Unlike in-kind assistance such as food stamps or vouchers, cash transfers give recipients flexibility in how they spend the funds.
- moneyCurrency for transactions
- wireThin metallic conductor
- remittanceFunds sent elsewhere
- paymentFulfilling a financial obligation
- direct paymentFunds transferred without intermediary
direct deposit · funds · emergency funds · transaction · bank · money order · sending · receiving · mobile money · peer to peer · Venmo · PayPal · welfare · basic income · safety net · stimulus · subsidy · no strings attached
- transactionspayment, purchase, deposit, refund, checkout
- transfershandoff, hand off, handover, relay, baton pass
- income supportbasic income, guaranteed income, minimum income, universal basic income, UBI
- money transfersdirect deposit, EFT, remittance, payroll deposit, money order
- hawalaremittance, correspondent
cash transfercredit
Recognition or payment deferral
barter · loan · deferred payment · trade · credit transaction
cash transfervoucher
Redeemable certificate for value
food stamps · subsidized housing · food aid · workfare · ration card
cash transferloan
Borrowed money repaid later
food stamps · voucher program · tax credit · matching grant · microloan
cash, transfer, cashed, cashing, cashless, cashier, transfers, transferred, transferring