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noun
Money in the form of paper currency or coins, paid immediately at the time and place of a transaction: cash only (no credit), and at the point of sale.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, idiomatic, uncountable
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Synonyms: cold cash, hard cash, cold hard cash
Antonyms: none provided
History
On the American frontier, barrels were employed as desks or tables with which to conduct transactions.
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
