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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Clashes of politics, gang affiliations, and race made things tense, though they were ultimately put aside in pursuit of cold hard cash.
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Barry Levitt, TIME, 21 Feb. 2025
Its message: By pulling out of Russia in outrage over the invasion of Ukraine, American companies had walked away from piles of cold, hard cash.
—Anton Troianovski, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
And the best way to show your appreciation is with cold hard cash.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2024
After all, who would be unhappy with being given cold hard cash?
—Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 26 Jan. 2025
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Barry Levitt, TIME, 21 Feb. 2025
Its message: By pulling out of Russia in outrage over the invasion of Ukraine, American companies had walked away from piles of cold, hard cash.
—Anton Troianovski, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
And the best way to show your appreciation is with cold hard cash.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2024
After all, who would be unhappy with being given cold hard cash?
—Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 26 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hard cash
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“Hard cash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard%20cash. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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