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cash on hand. Definition. Funds that are immediately available to a business, and can be spent as needed, as opposed to assets that must be sold to generate cash. The amount of cash on hand determines what projects a company can undertake, or what financial hardships can be absorbed, without going into debt or arranging other financing.
Assets are on the left side of the accounting equation. Asset account balances should be on the left side of the accounts. In the accounting equation you can see that assets are on the left side of the equation: Earlier you learned that debit means left side. Recall our T-account that showed debits on the left side: Hence, asset accounts such as Cash, Accounts Receivable, Inventory, and Equipment should have debit balances.