proverb · Words worth keeping
Cash is king.
Cash is king.
Historical period not yet established
Understand the thought
Meaning in plain English
The saying calls cash king. It gives immediately available money a position of priority or power through a royal metaphor.
What the words are saying
King ranks cash without naming a transaction or criterion. A careful interpretation can explain the emphasis while leaving suitability dependent on context. The supplied claim that cash cannot be changed does not establish its value or the reason for the ranking. No financial strategy follows automatically from the slogan.
Everyday example
A reader asks what makes readily available funds relevant to a particular arrangement before accepting the ranking.
When to use it
Use it to examine a contextual claim of priority.
What it does not mean
The phrase does not establish an investment, payment or cash-management recommendation.
Agent-assisted editorial interpretation. This explains the words; it does not by itself verify their author or earliest origin.
Attribution & collection notes
- Author or tradition
- Traditional
Attribution: traditional - Country attributed
- Not established
A country attribution does not establish the earliest origin. - Historical period
- Historical period not yet established
No sufficiently supported historical placement has been established. Import and download dates are not treated as composition dates. - Recorded source
- Contributor-provided proverb reference
Supplied reference A; unit 340; PDF page 52
A collection's publication date can be later than the words it records.