cold cash

Frequency: 6.58.1 per million words

used to emphasize that payment is in notes and coins, often for a secret or illegal purpose

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Examples (10)

  • He demanded payment in cold cash for the sensitive information.
  • The kidnappers specified that the ransom must be paid in unmarked bills and cold cash.
  • She wouldn't sell the antique painting for anything less than $50,000 in cold cash.
  • The deal was finalized when a briefcase full of cold cash was exchanged under the bridge.
  • Forget wire transfers; this kind of transaction requires the anonymity of cold cash.
  • He paid the fixer in cold cash to make the problem disappear.
  • To avoid a paper trail, all illegal payments were made with cold cash.
  • I'm not interested in promises; show me the cold cash, and the car is yours.
  • The undercover agent recorded the suspect accepting a bag of cold cash as a bribe.
  • The shady dealer would only trade for cold cash, no questions asked.