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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Cold, hard cash has also proven to be a good diversifier for portfolios in recent years — even better than Treasurys, according to a recent Morningstar analysis .
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Michelle Fox, CNBC, 7 May 2025
The countries have benefitted from injections of cold hard cash into moribund economies.
—Meehika Barua, HubSpot, 18 Apr. 2025
On a special episode (first released on May 14) of The Excerpt podcast: There’s something to cold hard cash.
—Taylor Wilson, USA Today, 16 May 2025
When things get hard, bubbles pop, but companies with hard cash flow and strong balance sheets thrive.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
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Michelle Fox, CNBC, 7 May 2025
The countries have benefitted from injections of cold hard cash into moribund economies.
—Meehika Barua, HubSpot, 18 Apr. 2025
On a special episode (first released on May 14) of The Excerpt podcast: There’s something to cold hard cash.
—Taylor Wilson, USA Today, 16 May 2025
When things get hard, bubbles pop, but companies with hard cash flow and strong balance sheets thrive.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
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“Hard cash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hard%20cash. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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