The term effective has three different meanings. It is the quality by which someone or something acts effectively, it is the number of soldiers that make up a military force and, finally, it is a way of referring to money.
The effective
We say that someone is effective when he meets the objectives he has set. Let's think of a center forward, who has a position on the field aimed at scoring goals. We will say that it is effective if you score goals regularly and you can even talk about its effectiveness in a general sense (for example, calculating the average of goals per game). Objects or organizational systems can be equally effective, since they are useful, practical or accurate, that is, they satisfactorily meet expectations.
Military personnel
The strength and capabilities of an army can be objectively measured and valued. One way to do this is by counting the number of soldiers in a unit (for example, a battalion, a brigade, or a regiment). This type of unit is called effective. Thus, in military language it is said that an army has 10,000 troops in its ranks or in the ground army or in any other organizational structure.
In the realm of money
The fundamental concept of money is, in principle, simple, but we must not forget that money as an instrument has many facets and edges, since it is used to buy things, to save, to speculate, to buy someone's will and for many other things. . Regardless of its purpose, money as a unit of value can be presented in different forms: by check, plastic money or cash, also known as liquidity.
The idea of cash is present in very different contexts: 1) when we are going to pay at the cash desk of an establishment, the person who attends asks us if we are going to pay by card or in cash, 2) when we are talking about "cash and cash" sonante "we refer to the money available at any given time and 3) when making minor purchases it is not usual to do it by card or check but it is necessary to pay with pocket money (another way of referring to cash).
The conventional use of cash has changed in recent years. Many card payment operations are not only carried out, but also via mobile. In this sense, there are those who consider that in the not too distant future, cash may disappear.
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