They usually mean paying cash to a kidnapper of their child or bailing someone out of jail. Back in the early days of bogleheads.org there were polls about this:Not sure what people mean by a "true emergency" where you need money quickly.
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What type of emergency are you envisioning that needs a withdrawal in a few days?
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Yeasr go Bank of America made a mistake and locked us out of our checking account from where all bills were paid and all paychecks were deposited. We lived off of credit cards for a few weeks and did not need any cash whatsoever to carry on with life. BoA paid us all bounced check charges and insufficient fund charges that their mistake caused us.
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