"ready money" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ready moneys [plural], ready monies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s|ready monies}} ready money (usually uncountable, plural ready moneys or ready monies)
  1. (business, finance) Money held ready for payment, or actually paid, at the time of a transaction. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Business, Finance Related terms: cash, readies
    Sense id: en-ready_money-en-noun-6X0YYZti Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: business, finance

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          "ref": "1609, Thomas Dekker, “Lanthorne and Candle-light. Or, The Bell-man’s Second Nights-walke. […] The Second Edition, […]: Chapter 2”, in Alexander B[alloch] Grosart, editor, The Non-dramatic Works of Thomas Dekker. […] (The Huth Library), volume III, London, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire: […] [Hazell, Watson, & Viney] for private circulation only, published 1885, →OCLC, pages 225–226:",
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