hard cash

noun

1. actual money as distinguished from checks or credit.

hard cash

noun

1. money or payment in the form of coins or notes rather than cheques or credit

Idioms and Phrases

see cold cash .

Example Sentences

They lifted Harris above the cauldron of grief, relief, anger and confusion with the time-honored benediction of cold, hard cash and a cheeky pop-culture energy that Biden has only rarely been able to conjure.

From Los Angeles Times

On the other hand, now I'm paying for the service with cold hard cash, I get even more annoyed about the spam and the bots which blight it.

From BBC

Most of the world’s best athletes in all sorts of sports compete for cold, hard cash, too.

From Seattle Times

In hard cash, Šefčovič said that the value of cereal production dropped by 30 % last year — from 80 billion euros to less that 60 billion euros.

From Seattle Times

He says people are "now trying to find ways to hide what they are collecting", including resorting to hard cash and directing mobile money payments to personal numbers rather than to business till accounts.

From BBC