hard cash

Example Sentences

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At least the latter pay their way in cold, hard cash.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 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

Pyongyang has also moved to revive inbound tourism to earn much-needed hard cash, developing lavish coastal and mountain resorts.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

There is only emptiness: a hollow space where a heart should be, ready to be filled with cold, hard cash.

From Salon • Nov. 21, 2025

Faith, and, my Lady, I paid my hard cash down on the nail for the same land, and have no better title than what you see!

From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) by Lever, Charles James