2. GT Motors regularly issues short-term debt to finance its daily operations. Suddenly, the credit markets froze and no funds were available for borrowing. Fortunately, the firm had some cash reserves saved that it was able to use to fund its operations until additional credit was available. The need to retain cash for situations such as this is referred to as which one of the following motives for holding cash? A. speculative B. float C. compensating D. precautionary E. transaction