noun
Meaning 1
Ready money.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cold hard cash, cold cash
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
hard cash
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noun
Meaning 2
Banknotes and coins, as contrasted with cheques, credit, IOUs, or any electronic thing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: cybercash, e-cash, cybercurrency, cryptocurrency, e-money, digital currency, shitcoin
noun
Meaning 3
Hard currency.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, informal, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Specie (as contrasted with paper money).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cold hard cash, cold cash
Antonyms: paper money
noun
Meaning 5
money in the form of bills or coins
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- there is a desperate shortage of hard cash
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cash, hard currency
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: currency
Narrower terms: change, small change, chickenfeed, chump change, pocket money, pin money, spending money, ready cash, cold cash, ready money
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.