Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of cash.

Etymologies

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cash +‎ -like

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Examples

  • But some advisors are increasing their clients 'cash holdings and exposure to other "cashlike" short-term investments, particularly to U.S. Treasurys, a safe haven in a brutal market.

    Cash Is Looking Better As Investment 2008

  • On the other hand, cash and cashlike investments are not effective inflation hedges.

    Your Dollar This Year 2010

  • On the other hand, cash and cashlike investments are not effective inflation hedges.

    Your Dollar This Year 2010

  • I would stay in cash or cashlike instruments such as short-term or longer-term government bonds.

    Dan Solin: Does "Dr. Doom" Believe His Own Press? 2009

  • "The shift from credit toward cashlike options is the desire for consumers to control their financing," says Marwan Forzley, chief executive of eBillme.

    Yes, You Can Live With Less Plastic 2009

  • Auction-rate securities worked well for over 20 years and were regarded by Wall Street as cashlike investments, since they were highly liquid and highly rated.

    Debt Crisis Hits a Dynasty 2008

  • Al DiTullio The Reserve debacle is the latest instance in which investors have had trouble exiting from investments pitched as cashlike.

    At Reserve, 2008

  • A 5% minimum of clients 'balanced portfolios is typically held in cash and cashlike investments.

    Cash Is Looking Better As Investment 2008

  • That stock would have fetched about $9.5 billion on the New York Stock Exchange, but DuPont paid only $8.3 billion of cash and cashlike notes.

    How About This Loophole, Uncle Sugar? 2008

  • These bonds became popular with investors looking for cashlike investments, because they offered better returns than traditional money-market investments but were just as easy to buy and sell.

    Debt Crisis Hits a Dynasty 2008

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