cash method

cash method definition - legal

n

An accounting method that records income and expenses when they are received or paid rather than when they are earned or incurred. See also accrual method and completed contract method.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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