# cash (economic)

a portion of money that is stuff

- Computed level: L17 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: economic  ·  Arena: cash

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [money](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-money.economic), [stuff](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-stuff.material)

**Through:** money and stuff together are a portion of value

**Novel properties:**
- tangible value
- portable wealth
- standardized denomination

## Examples
- In 2023, the Federal Reserve reported $2.2 trillion in physical currency outstanding. *(economics)*
- A armored Brink's truck carried €50 million in banknotes from Frankfurt to Berlin. *(institutions)*
- The 2016 demonetization in India withdrew ₹500 and ₹1000 notes from circulation. *(everyday life)*

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*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*