cash on the barrelhead

短语

发音

AU

别名

cash on the barrel head cash on the barrel-head

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Money in the form of paper currency or coins, paid immediately at the time and place of a transaction: cash only (no credit), and at the point of sale.

    美国 习语 不可数

    [I]n 1946 the U.S. exported $2,166 million worth of food. . . . Most of this ($1,354 million) was paid for, cash on the barrelhead. But $628 million was the U.S. contribution to UNRRA stocks, and $184 million went through Lend-Lease.

词源

On the American frontier, barrels were employed as desks or tables with which to conduct transactions.

来源：wiktionary