0 money in the form of coins or notes but not a cheque or a credit card
1 money that is available to spend immediately, especially in the form of coins and notes:
For instance, the urgency with which the smallholders often needed to obtain hard cash forced them to sell crops immediately after the harvest, when prices were lower.
At the other end of the scale, physical and emotional immaturity, and in many cases simple lack of hard cash, are good reasons for limiting childbirth in very young women.
In particular, what hard cash will be made available?
They should not simply be sold off, flogged off, to raise hard cash.
I give it to you in terms of hard cash.
The players must back their gambling spirit with refineries, tankers, filling stations—and millions in hard cash.
As to the refugees who are not taken back, that problem will mean a great deal of hard cash.
I maintain that there is a reserve, but it may not be a reserve in hard cash in the bank.