ready cash
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2.7
- noun
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- I prefer to keep some ready cash on hand for emergencies.
- need for ready cash
Examples
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If you're hard-pressed for ready cash, it won't cost you a nickel.
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Someone should set up a legal defense fund for those Chick-fil-A owners who both want to build their restaurants and could use some ready cash to help with start-up costs.
Blog text (13) -
I prefer to have some ready cash.
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All Meg ever wanted was enough ready cash to give her the good times.
Fiction book (1996) -
I got 300 bucks ready cash in the bank.
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But they don't have any ready cash, either.
Fiction book (1994) -
If you've got ready cash, that can make it work.
Blog text (2) -
Well, I've gone over everything, and I haven't a cent of ready cash in any of the restaurants.
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He's starting in his own backyard: the state of Wisconsin is considering the sale of DNR land for some ready cash.
Blog text (16) -
Strapped for ready cash, they cleverly decided that cooperation with Western powers and Russia in economic and military matters was far more prudent—and profitable—than defiance.
Academic text (2003)
Synonyms
10
2.7
Money in the form of bills and coins, not cards or electronic payments
5
1.0
Money available to spend for a specific purpose
3
3.9
Money in notes and coins that you can use right away
3
3.4
Money you can use immediately
1
4.5
Extra cash you can spend
Cash you keep for immediate use
How Available
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'money immediately available for use' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'ready' (available immediately) with 'cash' (physical money). This adjective+noun composition is a regular, cross-linguistic pattern and would be easily inferable by a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Ready cash comes from the image of coins or notes kept close at hand, like money in your pocket or a shop drawer that is ready to be used as cash. That's why it means 'money available immediately'.