Those who want more stock will be accommodated only to the extent other holders prefer cash.

The reason: pension funds and other institutional investors that pay no taxes may prefer cash, leaving more stock for others.

By and large, however, the Japanese prefer cash over credit.

"Kuwaitis much prefer cash to democracy," a foreign resident said.

These babies happened to prefer cash, and they got over five Cs.

Criminals prefer cash for the obvious reasons: it is anonymous, portable and easy to hide.

Modesty gets a man praise, but I prefer cash.

Germans tend to prefer cash to credit or debit cards, even for big transactions.

Those workers might prefer cash to the small retirement benefit they receive, in any case.

To those who still prefer cash, which some people feel uncomfortable giving, gift-givers have dress-up options.