financial reserves
Funds set aside
Financial reserves are funds set aside for future needs, emergencies, or unexpected expenses.
Individuals maintain reserves as savings; businesses hold them to cover shortfalls or seize opportunities; banks keep reserves to meet withdrawal demands.
The company's financial reserves allowed it to weather the recession without layoffs.
The term implies money deliberately kept liquid and available rather than invested or spent.
- profitsFinancial surplus after costs
- emergency fundReserve for unexpected expenses
- rainy day fundMoney saved for emergencies
- budgetingAllocating funds systematically
- sinking fundAccumulated debt repayment savings
liquidity · liquid assets · savings · piggy bank · fiscal policy · solvency · investments · nest egg · tax revenue · war chest · monetary policy · retained earnings · cash flow · balance sheet · diversification · hedging · risk assessment · liability
financial reservesdebt
Money owed another
insolvency · bankruptcy · liabilities · deficit · financial obligations
financial reservesconsumption
Using up of resources
expenditure · operating expenses · disbursements · spending money · outgoings
financial reservesfinancial exposure
Potential for monetary loss
living paycheck to paycheck · liquidity crisis · financial distress · destitution · penury
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