hard cash

noun

1. actual money as distinguished from checks or credit.

hard cash

noun

1. money or payment in the form of coins or notes rather than cheques or credit

Idioms and Phrases

see cold cash .

Example Sentences

A better way to help the poor is to just give them cold-hard cash—and stop lecturing them about how to spend their money!

From The Daily Beast

The Cold War may be over in the Western imagination for a number of reasons, but the triumph of cold hard cash is one of them.

From The Daily Beast

But there may be more to 2014's Bible resurgence than cold, hard cash.

From The Daily Beast

He was depicted as the “fence”—or the person taxed with selling all the ill-gotten goods for cold, hard cash.

From The Daily Beast

The hidden engine behind the state's well-oiled prison machine is cold, hard cash.

From The Daily Beast

How do you expect to make money in this country if you won't take anything for granted, except hard cash?

From Project Gutenberg

They were bribed and intimidated; they were offered posts and pensions: some of them were bought with hard cash.

From Project Gutenberg

Here,” and he pointed to the top of the page, “is a summary of your deposit—four million dollars, all in hard cash.

From Project Gutenberg

Upon my word, Miss Clare seems to attract a great many notabilities around her without the aid of hard cash.

From Project Gutenberg

Trust no man or womans virtue till you have tried to purchase it with a round sum in hard cash!

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