hard cash

American  

noun

1. actual money as distinguished from checks or credit.

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hard cash British  

noun

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

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hard cash Idioms  

1. see cold cash.

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Example Sentences

On Sunday there is nothing at stake other than likes, shares, broadcast ratings and cold, hard cash.

From Barron's

It sends out enough food for about 900,000 meals a year, its founder Neil Reid has said, but needed "people to volunteer food and cold, hard cash" for it to keep going.

From BBC

There is only emptiness: a hollow space where a heart should be, ready to be filled with cold, hard cash.

From Salon

"But we need people to volunteer, we need food, and also we need cold, hard cash."

From BBC

Cold hard cash — followed by gift cards and apparel — indicating that more people want flexibility to spend on things they like, according to KPMG.

From Los Angeles Times