cold cash

noun

: money in hand

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Ohtani clearly placed winning high on his list of priorities when choosing a new team, along with cold cash. Tony Blengino, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023 But some of the industry's biggest names have opted to help in a different way: cold cash. USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2023 My understanding is that Microsoft’s initial investment was in time on the cloud computing rather than hard, cold cash. IEEE Spectrum, 17 May 2023 In part, this is a matter of cold cash. Jody Rosen, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2022 See all Example Sentences for cold cash 

Word History

First Known Use

1925, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of cold cash was in 1925

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“Cold cash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cold%20cash. Accessed 15 Nov. 2024.

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