A ________ fund is used to make cash payments of small amounts to avoid the time and cost of writing checks.

Petty Cash

Petty cash is a small amount of cash on hand used for paying expenses too small to merit writing a check or using a credit card.

Cash Payments

Transactions where money is paid out by a business or individual in exchange for goods or services.

Writing Checks

The process of completing a check to make a payment from a bank account.