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money in the form of cash that is readily available
he paid cold cash for the TV set
his wife was always a good source of ready cash
How To Use ready money In A Sentence
- Kit Rackrent, has lived beyond his income, and finds himself distressed for ready money, tenants obligingly offer to take his land at a rent far below the value, and to pay him a small sum of money in hand, which they call fining down the yearly rent. Tales and Novels — Volume 04
- 'They're as proud as a turkey when they hold the ready cash, You ought to' ear the way they laugh an 'joke; They are tricky an' they're funny when they've got the ready money, -- Ow! but see 'em when they're all stone-broke. ' The Light That Failed
- In other words, having taken the king's ready money, he was thenceforth, during the king's pleasure, ready for the king's service. Languagehat.com: PRESS.
- By the way, he inquired whether you played 'piquet' or 'bezique,' from which I infer that he is looking for an antagonist with ready money. The King's Men A Tale of To-morrow
- When an Irish gentleman, like Sir Kit Rackrent, has lived beyond his income, and finds himself distressed for ready money, tenants obligingly offer to take his land at a rent far below the value, and to pay him a small sum of money in hand, which they call fining down the yearly rent. Castle Rackrent
- I, haue receuied 6. tumens in ready money, 200. shaughs is a tumen, reckoning euery shaugh for sixe pence Russe. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
- Gold crowns and dentures could then be traded for ready money when one of those whopping utility bills lands on your doormat. Times, Sunday Times
- In addition, he has ready money for policemen that make impromptu inspection along the way.
- Once in a while he would try to crowd into the Conversation just to let them know that old Ready Money was still present, but every time he came up Dearie would do her blamedest to Bean him and put him out of the Game. Ade's Fables
- He declared himself feudatory lieutenant of the pope, paid about eight thousand pounds sterling in ready money to the legate A Philosophical Dictionary