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单词 cash on the barrelhead
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cash on the barrelhead

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Immediate payment, as in They won't extend credit; it's cash on the barrelhead or no sale. The lexicographer Charles Earle Funk surmised that this term originated in the days when upended barrels served as both seats and tables in bars, and customers were required to pay for their drinks immediately, literally putting their money on the top (head) of a barrel.

Words nearby cash on the barrelhead

cash limit, cashmere, cash mob, cash money, cash on delivery, cash on the barrelhead, cashoo, cash-out, cashpoint, cash ratio, cash register
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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