hard cash

noun

: money that a person has and can use immediately : money in the form of bills and coins rather than checks or credit cards

He wanted hard cash for his watch.

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This is a 20-to-1 payout regardless of what happens on the field, giving you a great opportunity to convert your bonus into cold, hard cash. —

Tim Van Straten, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024 Reality Labs, the company’s virtual reality (VR) division, backed up that belief with cold hard cash, spending $13.7 billion in 2022 alone—a figure higher than the GDP of Mongolia. —

Webb Wright, WIRED, 7 Oct. 2024 What’s more, brands and fashion firms need to provide up-front capital investments—cold, hard cash—to get on-site renewable energy infrastructure development or a transition to a PPA off the ground. —

Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019 But, as always, whether it is achieved will come down to cold, hard cash. —

New Atlas, 17 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hard cash