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

“We are excited to lie constantly for cold, hard cash, but this time in a cool way, and we’ll make sure some of it gets back to the families,” Collins told The Times.

From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026

Young tech companies once might have complemented lower salaries with generous equity packages, but now they’re turning to cold hard cash.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Pyongyang has also moved to revive inbound tourism to earn much-needed hard cash, developing lavish coastal and mountain resorts.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

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 • Dec. 23, 2025

I declare to you, if you refuse, I will sell it to-morrow to the first moneylender I can find, and send you my debt in hard cash.

From Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. by Lever, Charles James