Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
a currency that is not likely to depreciate suddenly in value;
- Example: "the countries agreed to conduct their bilateral trade in hard currency, replacing previous barter arrangements"- Example: "Germany once had a solid economy, good fiscal and monetary policies, and a hard currency"2.
money in the form of bills or coins;
- Example: "there is a desperate shortage of hard cash"[syn: cash, hard cash, hard currency]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
hard currency
n 1: a currency that is not likely to depreciate suddenly in
value; "the countries agreed to conduct their bilateral
trade in hard currency, replacing previous barter
arrangements"; "Germany once had a solid economy, good
fiscal and monetary policies, and a hard currency"
2: money in the form of bills or coins; "there is a desperate
shortage of hard cash" [syn: cash, hard cash, hard
currency]