ready money

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.

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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

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