hard cash
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Definition
Noun: * Physical money: Money in the tangible form of coins and banknotes, as opposed to digital forms, checks, or credit. It is immediately available for transactions.
Usage
"Hard cash" is used to emphasize the physical, immediate, and liquid nature of currency. It often contrasts with other forms of payment or value. * The market vendors only accept hard cash. * He withdrew a large amount of hard cash from the bank. * In an emergency, it's good to have some hard cash on hand.
Advanced Usage
- "to pay in hard cash": To make a payment using physical banknotes and coins.
- The buyer insisted on paying for the car in hard cash.
Variants and Related Words
- Cash (n): A more general term for money in coins and notes, or immediate payment. ("Hard cash" emphasizes the physical aspect more strongly than "cash" alone.)
- Legal tender (n): Coins or banknotes that must be accepted if offered in payment of a debt.
- Banknotes (n): Pieces of paper money.
- Coinage (n): Coins collectively.
Synonyms
- Ready money
- Specie (formal, refers to money in the form of coins)
- Physical currency
Antonyms
- Digital currency
- Credit
- Check
- Bank transfer
Related Idioms
- "Cold, hard cash": An emphatic phrase with the same meaning as "hard cash," often used to stress the reality and tangibility of money.
- They weren't interested in promises; they wanted cold, hard cash.
Noun
- money in the form of bills or coins
- there is a desperate shortage of hard cash