# Cash equivalents

> Cash equivalents — Short-term, highly liquid investments readily convertible to known cash amounts, with an original maturity of three months or less — treasury bills, money market funds.

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**What is cash equivalents?** In accounting, cash equivalents means short-term, highly liquid investments readily convertible to known cash amounts, with an original maturity of three months or less — treasury bills, money market funds.

## Words this system refuses for it

- cash unqualified

- **Category:** Cash
- **Specified in:** [Lexicon](https://lopifi.com/md/docs/domain/11-lexicon)