barrelhead

American  

[bar-uhl-hed] / ˈbær əlˌhɛd /

noun

1. either of the round, flat sections that form the top and bottom of a barrel.

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idioms

1. on the barrelhead, in advance or on demand.

   They won't deliver the merchandise unless we pay cash on the barrelhead.

Etymology

Origin of barrelhead

First recorded in 1830–40; barrel + head

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Example Sentences

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barrelhead

Canada pays cash on the barrelhead for U.S. goods.

From Time Magazine Archive

But overseas, the same companies often demand cash on the barrelhead.

From Time Magazine Archive

For the small fry, that kind of cash on the barrelhead is a huge inducement: if they hang on and sell their liquor themselves, they are liable to excess-profits taxes running up to 90%.

From Time Magazine Archive

He knows that a public debt of $137,000,000,000 cannot be merely whooshed away by wishful thinking; that some time someone must put cash down on the barrelhead.

From Time Magazine Archive

But as I hurried to cross the street just before reaching the depot, the old men playing checkers on a barrelhead under the Cold Sassy tree winked and grinned at me.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

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