emergency money
Financial safety net
Emergency money is cash set aside for unexpected expenses or crises—car repairs, medical bills, sudden job loss.
The term emphasizes funds reserved specifically for urgent situations rather than everyday spending: We keep some emergency money in a savings account, I always carry a little emergency money when I travel.
Sometimes called an emergency fund.
- rainy day fundMoney saved for emergencies
- financial cushionReserve funds for hardship
- credit cardBorrowed-funds payment tool
- safety netProtection against failure
- liquid assetsEasily convertible wealth
secret stash · savings account · nest egg · petty cash · personal savings · cash on hand · overdraft protection · cash advance · credit line · payday loan · debit card · insurance payout · sinking fund · stash · scrip · local currency · cushion · greenbacks
- alternative currencylocal currency, scrip, cryptocurrency, crypto, digital currency
- banknotesdollar bill, banknote, euro note, currency notes, pound note
- German CurrencyDeutsche Mark, Deutschmark, euro, euro cent, pfennig
- Latin American currencypeso, sol, real, colon, quetzal
- tokenstoken, tokens, arcade tokens, arcade token, transit token
- scrip tokensscrip, company scrip
emergency moneyvacation fund
Money saved for trips
fun money · play money · spending money · mad money · pocket money
emergency moneyinvestment capital
Funds allocated for ventures
venture capital · retirement savings · long-term investments · stock portfolio