‖kontant, noun

/kɔnˈtant/
Origin:
Afrikaans, DutchShow more Afrikaans, from Dutch.
Cash, ready money.
1830 Cape Lit. Gaz. I. 16 June 3The slave was knocked down to the Stranger, and the auctioneer demanded — kontant — cash.
[1870 H.H. Dugmore Reminisc. of Albany Settler (1958) 34Occasionally a few of the hoarded rixdaalders were added as kontante geldt, when the goods were specially attractive.]
1949 L.G. Green In Land of Afternoon 104It was not always sheer ignorance that led people to keep large amounts of money on their farms. ‘Kontant’, hard cash, was the rule of the veld..and men buying farms and stock in distant places simply had to have the money close at hand.
1973 E. Prov. Herald 5 May 15 (advt)Cash (kontant) for your clean used car.
1981 E. Prov. Herald 26 May 28 (advt)Ah! cash (kontant) for your clean used car, present hire purchase account settled.
1988 Sunday Times 5 June (Mag. Sect.) 26It was when Mr Fred K— paid R225000 kontant for ten roan antelope that my animal instincts told me I was in the presence of a type of homo sapiens that is (possibly) an endangered species.
Cash, ready money.
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