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    ready money
    [ noun ]
    money in the form of cash that is readily available
    <noun.possession>
    his wife was always a good source of ready cashhe paid cold cash for the TV set


    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. Cf. {Array}, 1st {Curry}.]
    1. Prepared for what one is about to do or experience;
    equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or
    event; prepared for immediate movement or action; as, the
    troops are ready to march; ready for the journey. ``When
    she redy was.'' --Chaucer.

    2. Fitted or arranged for immediate use; causing no delay for
    lack of being prepared or furnished. ``Dinner was ready.''
    --Fielding.

    My oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things
    are ready: come unto the marriage. --Matt. xxii.
    4.

    3. Prepared in mind or disposition; not reluctant; willing;
    free; inclined; disposed.

    I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at
    Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus. --Acts
    xxi. 13.

    If need be, I am ready to forego
    And quit. --Milton.

    4. Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of
    any kind; dexterous; prompt; easy; expert; as, a ready
    apprehension; ready wit; a ready writer or workman.
    ``Ready in devising expedients.'' --Macaulay.

    Gurth, whose temper was ready, though surly. --Sir
    W. Scott.

    5. Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient;
    near; easy. ``The readiest way.'' --Milton.

    A sapling pine he wrenched from out the ground,
    The readiest weapon that his fury found. --Dryden.

    6. On the point; about; on the brink; near; -- with a
    following infinitive.

    My heart is ready to crack. --Shak.

    7. (Mil.) A word of command, or a position, in the manual of
    arms, at which the piece is cocked and held in position to
    execute promptly the next command, which is, aim.

    {All ready}, ready in every particular; wholly equipped or
    prepared. ``[I] am all redy at your hest.'' --Chaucer.

    {Ready money}, means of immediate payment; cash. ``'T is all
    the ready money fate can give.'' --Cowley.

    {Ready reckoner}, a book of tables for facilitating
    computations, as of interest, prices, etc.

    {To make ready}, to make preparation; to get in readiness.

    Syn: Prompt; expeditious; speedy; unhesitating; dexterous;
    apt; skillful; handy; expert; facile; easy; opportune;
    fitted; prepared; disposed; willing; free; cheerful. See
    {Prompt}.


    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 sovereign authority as a
    medium of exchange in financial transactions between
    citizens and with government; also, any number of such
    pieces; coin.

    To prevent such abuses, . . . it has been found
    necessary . . . to affix a public stamp upon certain
    quantities of such particular metals, as were in
    those countries commonly made use of to purchase
    goods. Hence the origin of coined money, and of
    those public offices called mints. --A. Smith.

    2. Any written or stamped promise, certificate, or order, as
    a government note, a bank note, a certificate of deposit,
    etc., which is payable in standard coined money and is
    lawfully current in lieu of it; in a comprehensive sense,
    any currency usually and lawfully employed in buying and
    selling.

    3. Any article used as a medium of payment in financial
    transactions, such as checks drawn on checking accounts.
    [PJC]

    4. (Economics) Any form of wealth which affects a person's
    propensity to spend, such as checking accounts or time
    deposits in banks, credit accounts, letters of credit,
    etc. Various aggregates of money in different forms are
    given different names, such as {M-1}, the total sum of all
    currency in circulation plus all money in demand deposit
    accounts (checking accounts).
    [PJC]

    Note: Whatever, among barbarous nations, is used as a medium
    of effecting exchanges of property, and in the terms of
    which values are reckoned, as sheep, wampum, copper
    rings, quills of salt or of gold dust, shovel blades,
    etc., is, in common language, called their money.

    4. In general, wealth; property; as, he has much money in
    land, or in stocks; to make, or lose, money.

    The love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.
    --1 Tim vi. 10
    (Rev. Ver. ).

    {Money bill} (Legislation), a bill for raising revenue.

    {Money broker}, a broker who deals in different kinds of
    money; one who buys and sells bills of exchange; -- called
    also {money changer}.

    {Money cowrie} (Zo["o]l.), any one of several species of
    {Cypr[ae]a} (esp. {Cypr[ae]a moneta}) formerly much used
    as money by savage tribes. See {Cowrie}.

    {Money of account}, a denomination of value used in keeping
    accounts, for which there may, or may not, be an
    equivalent coin; e. g., the mill is a money of account in
    the United States, but not a coin.

    {Money order},
    (a) an order for the payment of money; specifically, a
    government order for the payment of money, issued at
    one post office as payable at another; -- called also
    {postal money order}.
    (b) a similar order issued by a bank or other financial
    institution.

    {Money scrivener}, a person who procures the loan of money to
    others. [Eng.]

    {Money spider}, {Money spinner} (Zo["o]l.), a small spider;
    -- so called as being popularly supposed to indicate that
    the person upon whom it crawls will be fortunate in money
    matters.

    {Money's worth}, a fair or full equivalent for the money
    which is paid.

    {A piece of money}, a single coin.

    {Ready money}, money held ready for payment, or actually
    paid, at the time of a transaction; cash.

    {plastic money}, credit cards, usually made out of plastic;
    also called {plastic}; as, put it on the plastic.

    {To make money}, to gain or acquire money or property; to
    make a profit in dealings.
    [1913 Webster +PJC]

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