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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As the report boils it down in hard cash, had the United Kingdom preserved its pre-Brexit market share, its exports would have grown by $64 billion instead of shrinking by $4 billion between 2019 and 2022.
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Fintan O’Toole, Foreign Affairs, 5 July 2024
Assuming the average transaction price per car remains flat at $45,000, the 33,000 unit drawdown from its stock of unsold cars adds an extra $1.5 billion in cold hard cash in the till.
—Luba Kassova, Fortune, 5 July 2024
Does this mean North Korea will send soldiers to fight in Ukraine?
North Korea for years has supplied workers to Russia — mostly in its Far East for forestry and construction projects — in return for hard cash.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 20 June 2024
While there is certainly drug trafficking in Honduras, extortion is also a major problem, with gang members draining victims of both hard cash and via digital means.
—Ellen Ioanes, Vox, 20 June 2024
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Fintan O’Toole, Foreign Affairs, 5 July 2024
Assuming the average transaction price per car remains flat at $45,000, the 33,000 unit drawdown from its stock of unsold cars adds an extra $1.5 billion in cold hard cash in the till.
—Luba Kassova, Fortune, 5 July 2024
Does this mean North Korea will send soldiers to fight in Ukraine?
North Korea for years has supplied workers to Russia — mostly in its Far East for forestry and construction projects — in return for hard cash.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 20 June 2024
While there is certainly drug trafficking in Honduras, extortion is also a major problem, with gang members draining victims of both hard cash and via digital means.
—Ellen Ioanes, Vox, 20 June 2024
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“Hard cash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard%20cash. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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