HARD CURRENCY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hard currency mean? 

• HARD CURRENCY (noun)
  The noun HARD CURRENCY has 2 senses:

1. a currency that is not likely to depreciate suddenly in value

2. money in the form of bills or coins

  Familiarity information: HARD CURRENCY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HARD CURRENCY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A currency that is not likely to depreciate suddenly in value

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Context example:

Germany once had a solid economy, good fiscal and monetary policies, and a hard currency

Hypernyms ("hard currency" is a kind of...):

currency (the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Money in the form of bills or coins

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

cash; hard cash; hard currency

Context example:

there is a desperate shortage of hard cash

Hypernyms ("hard currency" is a kind of...):

currency (the metal or paper medium of exchange that is presently used)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hard currency"):

change (money received in return for its equivalent in a larger denomination or a different currency)

change (the balance of money received when the amount you tender is greater than the amount due)

chickenfeed; chump change; small change (a trifling sum of money)

pin money; pocket money; spending money (cash for day-to-day spending on incidental expenses)

cold cash; ready cash; ready money (money in the form of cash that is readily available)