English > hard cash: 1 sense > noun 1, possession| Meaning | money in the form of bills or coins. |
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| Example | "there is a desperate shortage of hard cash" |
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| Synonyms | cash, hard currency |
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| Narrower | change | The balance of money received when the amount you tender is greater than the amount due |
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| change | money received in return for its equivalent in a larger denomination or a different currency |
| pocket money, pin money, spending money | cash for day-to-day spending on incidental expenses |
| ready cash, cold cash, ready money | money in the form of cash that is readily available |
| small change, chickenfeed, chump change | A trifling sum of money |
| Broader | currency | The metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used |
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| Spanish | dinero efectivo, dinero en efectivo, dinero en metálico, efectivo, metálico |
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| Catalan | diners comptants, efectiu |
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