hard cash

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hard cash (British, American & Australian, American & Australian)

money in the form of coins or notes (= paper money). We gave him half the money in hard cash and wrote a cheque for the rest.

See also: cash, hard

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We had one or two high, influential friends there, and many others humble but valuable because bought for good hard cash. The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context One would bargain for peace against hard cash if these fellows weren't always ready to snatch at one's very soul with the other hand. The Arrow of Gold by Conrad, Joseph View in context He required hard cash in return for some corn with which he supplied the worthy captain, and left the latter at a loss which most to admire, his native chivalry as a brave, or his acquired adroitness as a trader. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context More results

References in classic literature

We had one or two high, influential friends there, and many others humble but valuable because bought for good hard cash.

The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context

One would bargain for peace against hard cash if these fellows weren't always ready to snatch at one's very soul with the other hand.

The Arrow of Gold by Conrad, Joseph View in context

He required hard cash in return for some corn with which he supplied the worthy captain, and left the latter at a loss which most to admire, his native chivalry as a brave, or his acquired adroitness as a trader.

The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context

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