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cold cash

Dollar bills and coins, as opposed to checks or credit. The deal won't go through unless we pay him in cold cash. You can put your checkbook away—we only take cold cash here, buddy. Of course they want you to pay in cold cash—they don't want to create a paper trail!
See also: cash, cold
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cold cash

Also, hard cash. Actual currency (bills and coins); money immediately available, paid at the time of a purchase. For example, Will you lower the price if I pay in cold cash instead of using a credit card? or We have only a limited amount of hard cash-the rest is in accounts receivable. [First half of 1900s]
See also: cash, cold
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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