hard currency

noun

: money that comes from a country with a strong government and economy and that is not likely to lose its value

Examples of hard currency in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The recurring core items are your skills gap, priced in hard currency. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026

The United States has its own ample oil supplies to draw from, whereas nearly the entirety of Iran’s oil exports—and therefore much of its hard currency—has been cut off. — James F. Jeffrey, Foreign Affairs, 3 Sep. 2026

The measures are designed to choke off the ability of the regime to generate revenue and hard currency. — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026

Hanke’s been the architect in all three of the four cases in the last quarter-century where a state switched from a hyperinflating to a hard currency since World War II. — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for hard currency

• concurrency
• eurocurrency