Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
No pronunciation record was provided for this word.
Any globally traded currency that serves as a reliable, stable, and easily exchangeable store of value (regarding foreign exchange, and as contrasted with a currency not well trusted regarding inflation and hyperinflation); traditionally, such a currency that is not a cryptocurrency.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business, economics, finance, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: hard cash
Antonyms: none provided
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 cash
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
a currency that is not likely to depreciate suddenly in value
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the countries agreed to conduct their bilateral trade in hard currency, replacing previous barter arrangements
- Germany once had a solid economy, good fiscal and monetary policies, and a hard currency
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: currency
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
-
Chinese Mandarin:
硬通貨 /硬通货
(yìngtōnghuò)
— globally traded currency that serves as a reliable and stable store of value
-
Finnish:
kova valuutta
— globally traded currency that serves as a reliable and stable store of value
-
Italian:
valuta forte
— globally traded currency that serves as a reliable and stable store of value
-
Polish:
twarda waluta
— globally traded currency that serves as a reliable and stable store of value
-
Romanian:
valută forte
— globally traded currency that serves as a reliable and stable store of value
-
Russian:
твёрдая валю́та
(tvjórdaja valjúta)
— globally traded currency that serves as a reliable and stable store of value
-
Russian:
свобо́дно конверти́руемая валю́та
(svobódno konvertírujemaja valjúta)
— globally traded currency that serves as a reliable and stable store of value
-
Spanish:
moneda fuerte
— globally traded currency that serves as a reliable and stable store of value
-
Swedish:
hårdvaluta
— globally traded currency that serves as a reliable and stable store of value
