- ready money
- {n. phr.} Cash on hand. * /Frank refuses to buy things on credit, but, if he had the ready money, he would buy that lovely old house./
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
ready money
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Ready money — Ready Read y (r[e^]d [y^]), a. [Compar. {Readier} (r[e^]d [i^]*[ e]r); superl. {Readiest}.] [AS. r[=ae]de; akin to D. gereed, bereid, G. bereit, Goth. gar[ a]ids fixed, arranged, and possibly to E. ride, as meaning originally, prepared for riding … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ready money — Money Mon ey, n.; pl. {Moneys}. [OE. moneie, OF. moneie, F. monnaie, fr. L. moneta. See {Mint} place where coin is made, {Mind}, and cf. {Moidore}, {Monetary}.] 1. A piece of metal, as gold, silver, copper, etc., coined, or stamped, and issued by … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ready money — ready cash/money money that is immediately available to spend. They need investors with ready money if they re going to get the project started … New idioms dictionary
ready money — ► NOUN ▪ money in the form of cash that is immediately available … English terms dictionary
ready money — index cash, currency Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
ready money — {n. phr.} Cash on hand. * /Frank refuses to buy things on credit, but, if he had the ready money, he would buy that lovely old house./ … Dictionary of American idioms
ready\ money — n. phr. Cash on hand. Frank refuses to buy things on credit, but, if he had the ready money, he would buy that lovely old house … Словарь американских идиом
ready money — ready cash/money INFORMAL ► money that is available to be spent immediately: »A demand by the court to pay the tax claim immediately would destroy the firm because it does not have enough ready cash. Main Entry: ↑ready … Financial and business terms
ready money — money that is in hand or may be obtained quickly or easily; cash. [1870 75] * * * … Universalium
ready money — noun money in the form of cash that is readily available his wife was always a good source of ready cash he paid cold cash for the TV set • Syn: ↑ready cash, ↑cold cash • Hypernyms: ↑cash, ↑hard cash, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
