HARD CASH

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Money in the form of bills or coins

Example:

there is a desperate shortage of hard cash

Synonyms:

cash; hard cash; hard currency

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("hard cash" is a kind of...):

currency (the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hard cash"):

change (money received in return for its equivalent in a larger denomination or a different currency)

change (the balance of money received when the amount you tender is greater than the amount due)

pin money; pocket money; spending money (cash for day-to-day spending on incidental expenses)

cold cash; ready cash; ready money (money in the form of cash that is readily available)