1. earning something by going to the hard way because there is no way of earning the money in an easy manner.
2. money that is earned through the hard way or hard work.
3. a large sum of money consisting of coins.
4. money that someone owes you and that person isn't sure that it is gonna be paid, thus not yet counted as money till the person has completed the transaction.
5. the money you'll or you'll not get in risky bets.
6. anything earned through the hard or risky way but has great monetary valued if sold or lent or leased.
1. my friend, peter earned the hard cash used for his debts by winning jeopardy.
2. I earned hard cash by always going overtime.
3. isn't that hard cash on your hands?, it's full of pennies and dimes.
4. he still didn't wrote a check for you, and I believe it's still hard cash.
5. jan and mark had a bet yesterday, I wonder who gets the hard cash.
6. that farm by the coopers could sell for a million, the coopers made a real hard cash there.
by nerdongbahaghari July 11, 2010
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The phrase "cold hard cash" was coined by merchants and traders who were used to handling coins that, because they had a high gold and silver content, were warm and soft and did not wear very well. When more durable metals came into use it was generally noticed that they were cold and hard.

In the cut and thrust of commerce a lot of transactions rely on the use of cheques and various forms of credit. Where these are not favoured the phrase "cold hard cash" applies to both coins and notes which are immediately available, or ready, as a form of payment.
Don't know how to express it in a sentence so let's make it a joke. " Q:Why did the robber put his money in the freezer? A: Because he wanted cold hard cash!"
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A term for a good amount of cash; physical money.
Here, have a 2000. Yes it's real. Cold hard cash, baby!
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when you got a brick of hundred dollar bills hidden in the freezer.
Antonio: aye homie, you got any pizza in the freezer I can take home?
Asif: no holmes, just some cold hard cash.
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