hard currency

noun

Any globally traded currency that serves as a reliable, stable, and easily exchangeable store of value (regarding foreign exchange, and as contrasted with a currency not well trusted regarding inflation and hyperinflation); traditionally, such a currency that is not a cryptocurrency.

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hard cashcash
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Meanings

nounhard currency (countable and uncountable, plural hard currencies)

plural hard currencies

  1. countableuncountablebusinessAny globally traded currency that serves as a reliable, stable, and easily exchangeable store of value (regarding foreign exchange, and as contrasted with a currency not well trusted regarding inflation and hyperinflation); traditionally, such a currency that is not a cryptocurrency.

    Synonyms: hard cash

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny globally traded currency that serves as a reliable, stable, and easily exchangeable store of value (regarding foreign exchange, and as contrasted with a currency not well trusted regarding inflation and hyperinflation); traditionally, such a currency that is not a cryptocurrency.

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hard cash

More synonyms by meaning

nounmoney in the form of bills or coins

Similar
cashhard cash
Broader
currency
Also see
cashhard cash

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 硬通貨 /硬通货
  • 硬通貨 /硬通货 (yìngtōnghuò)globally traded currency that serves as a reliable and stable store of value
Finnish kova valuutta
  • kova valuuttaglobally traded currency that serves as a reliable and stable store of value
Italian valuta forte
  • valuta forteglobally traded currency that serves as a reliable and stable store of value
Polish twarda waluta
  • twarda walutaglobally traded currency that serves as a reliable and stable store of value
Romanian valută forte
  • valută forteglobally traded currency that serves as a reliable and stable store of value
Russian твёрдая валю́та, свобо́дно конверти́руемая валю́та
  • твёрдая валю́та (tvjórdaja valjúta)globally traded currency that serves as a reliable and stable store of value
  • свобо́дно конверти́руемая валю́та (svobódno konvertírujemaja valjúta)globally traded currency that serves as a reliable and stable store of value
Spanish moneda fuerte
  • moneda fuerteglobally traded currency that serves as a reliable and stable store of value
Swedish hårdvaluta
  • hårdvalutaglobally traded currency that serves as a reliable and stable store of value
Cite this entry
APA

hard currency. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hard%20currency

MLA

“hard currency.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hard%20currency. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hard currency,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hard%20currency.

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