hard currency

Noun

• money in the form of bills or coins
  • there is a desperate shortage of hard cash
    

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  cash , hard cash