英语词汇“hard cash”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. Originally of money: in the form of coins as opposed to banknotes, bills, etc. Later also: designating coins, banknotes, or other objects or documents viewed as having exchangeable value, as opposed to unsecured paper credit. Frequently in hard cash. Cf. hard currency n. 1.

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1687 C. Sedley Bellamira v. 60 I'll give thee fifty Guineas hard Money in hand.

1706 G. Farquhar Recruiting Officer iv. ii. 51 Your Mother has a hundred Pound in hard Money lying..in the hands of a Mercer.

1759 H. Bouquet Let. 1 Sept. in S. K. Stevens & D. H. Kent Papers H. Bouquet (1940) Ser. 21652. 229 Please to apply to M^r. Hunter for hard Cash or make the best of your Paper, When I get nearer the Chests I will send you Metal.

1779 A. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 365 Corn is sold at four dollars, hard money, per bushel.

1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd II. v. viii. 190 We were to get hard cash to meet a run.

1882 R. Bithell Counting-house Dict. Hard cash,..often popularly used to denote bank notes, and other documents of undoubted value, in contradistinction to mere book debts, or commercial rights.

1939 J. Fante Ask the Dust iii. 37 I can't give you any hard cash, kid. But I'll see that you get all the milk you need.

1999 A. Hurley tr. G. A. Baralt Buena Vista 86 Some workers never received hard payment, whether legal tender or riles.

2006 C. Frazier Thirteen Moons ii. vi. 109 I went inside and collected all my savings—hard money and scrip both—from their various hiding places.

单词	hard cash
释义	> as lemmas hard cash a. Originally of money: in the form of coins as opposed to banknotes, bills, etc. Later also: designating coins, banknotes, or other objects or documents viewed as having exchangeable value, as opposed to unsecured paper credit. Frequently in hard cash. Cf. hard currency n. 1. ΚΠ 1687 C. Sedley Bellamira v. 60 I'll give thee fifty Guineas hard Money in hand. 1706 G. Farquhar Recruiting Officer iv. ii. 51 Your Mother has a hundred Pound in hard Money lying..in the hands of a Mercer. 1759 H. Bouquet Let. 1 Sept. in S. K. Stevens & D. H. Kent Papers H. Bouquet (1940) Ser. 21652. 229 Please to apply to M^r. Hunter for hard Cash or make the best of your Paper, When I get nearer the Chests I will send you Metal. 1779 A. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 365 Corn is sold at four dollars, hard money, per bushel. 1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd II. v. viii. 190 We were to get hard cash to meet a run. 1882 R. Bithell Counting-house Dict. Hard cash,..often popularly used to denote bank notes, and other documents of undoubted value, in contradistinction to mere book debts, or commercial rights. 1939 J. Fante Ask the Dust iii. 37 I can't give you any hard cash, kid. But I'll see that you get all the milk you need. 1999 A. Hurley tr. G. A. Baralt Buena Vista 86 Some workers never received hard payment, whether legal tender or riles. 2006 C. Frazier Thirteen Moons ii. vi. 109 I went inside and collected all my savings—hard money and scrip both—from their various hiding places. extracted from hardadj.n. < as lemmas
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