Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hard money

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.28 in modern English

Syllables
hard -money
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Money backed by specie and easily convertible into foreign currencies.

Uncountable

noun

Money contributed directly to a candidate rather than to a party or committee.

American usage; Uncountable

noun

Academic funds received from a government or other entity at regular intervals, as opposed to those requiring the submission of research grant proposals etc.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

hard moneys (plural)

Phrases

hard money loan soft money

Frequently Paired Words

hard money loan soft money

Questions

What does hard money mean?
Money backed by specie and easily convertible into foreign currencies.

How to pronounce hard money

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