cold cash

Example Sentences

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The claim behind tether, a key stablecoin that has been lubricating crypto trading generally, is that each tether, priced at $1, is backed by $1 in cold cash.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2022

“From nativity to church, to family, to commerce” goes the commonly held view of the season’s history, “a story of high beginnings, a cosy, warm middle and the chill of cold cash at the end.”

From Washington Post • Dec. 20, 2017

Today, the government’s aid comes chiefly in the form of insurance subsidies—reliable and robust protections against losses that many farmers and their lobbyists hoped would be every bit as effective as cold cash.

From Scientific American • May 28, 2015

If the Justice Department's penalty was not good enough, then from a "cold cash" standpoint, denying an exemption was unlikely to move the needle further, he said.

From Reuters • Jan. 15, 2015

Pearl saw plainly that cold cash was necessary for carrying out her plans for Martha, and so, acting on Camilla's suggestion, she got customers for Martha's butter who would pay her cash every week.

From The Second Chance by McClung, Nellie L.