cold cash
Bills and coins
Cold cash is money in physical form—bills and coins you can hold—as opposed to checks, credit, or promises.
The cold emphasizes its tangible, immediate nature: He wanted cold cash, not a payment plan.
Sometimes used to stress a large amount paid outright: She dropped fifty thousand in cold cash for that car.
- greenbacksUS paper currency
- currencyMedium of exchange
- ready moneyImmediately available currency
- legal tenderOfficially recognized payment medium
- moneyCurrency for transactions
coins · under the table · sterling · banknotes · minted · dollar bills · specie · payment · liquid assets · bills · folding money · walking around money · nest egg · pocket money · moolah · filthy lucre · briefcase · spending money
- money slangbucks, dough, moolah, cheddar, greenbacks
cold cashcredit
Recognition or payment deferral
loan · debt · IOU · promissory note · line of credit
cold cashdigital payment
Non-cash electronic transaction
electronic transfer · cryptocurrency · wire transfer · bank transfer · virtual currency
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