hard cash
Example Sentences
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At least the latter pay their way in cold, hard cash.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 9, 2026
“We are excited to lie constantly for cold, hard cash, but this time in a cool way, and we’ll make sure some of it gets back to the families,” Collins told The Times.
From Salon ● Apr. 21, 2026
He wants cold hard cash, plus a couple of private islands, planes and ultra-luxury yachts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 18, 2026
Contemporaries were convinced that his motivation for publishing Mansfield’s ephemera wasn’t so much reverence for her talent as greed for hard cash.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
I declare to you, if you refuse, I will sell it to-morrow to the first moneylender I can find, and send you my debt in hard cash.
From Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume I. by Lever, Charles James
