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hard money

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noun

  1. politics (in the US) money given directly to a candidate in an election to assist his or her campaign Compare soft money

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“Times were hard, money was tight,” Castro said.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 13, 2025

"That's hard money that I've earned, but over the years I've had to assist Mum and Dad," he said.

From BBC Mar. 13, 2024

“By mid-2020, all of the hard money loans were in default, and WED Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection,” the indictment said.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 26, 2022

A traditional PAC is an organization designed to raise hard money to elect or defeat candidates.

From Textbooks Jul. 28, 2021

They will not acknowledge how in fact hard money is to come by, and, therefore, those who have no money blame and blame and blame themselves.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut

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