hard cash

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hard cash

noun

uncountable Ready money.
Similar: cold hard cash, cold cash
uncountable Banknotes and coins, as contrasted with cheques, credit, IOUs, or any electronic thing.
Opposite: cybercash, e-cash, cybercurrency, cryptocurrency, e-money, digital currency, shitcoin
broadly, informal, uncountable Hard currency.
archaic, uncountable Specie (as contrasted with paper money).
Similar: cold hard cash, cold cash · Opposite: paper money

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@misc{hard_cash_2026,
  title = {hard cash},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hard%20cash},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}