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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Whereas many tech deals are conducted in equity of ambiguous value, this one was done in cold, hard cash, though the product itself is by no means a sure bet. Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2025 But the former is hard cash, and the latter is still largely considered an intangible. Robert G. Eccles, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025 Anticorruption efforts have already delivered hard cash for Ukraine’s defense. Daria Kaleniuk, Foreign Affairs, 3 Sep. 2025 That takes cold hard cash and more. Sonam Sheth gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 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 1 Oct. 2025.

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