ready

ready money

Cash funds that are immediately at hand to spend. I hear he has expensive taste, so if you're going to date him, be sure you've got plenty of ready money. Good thing his wife's family has plenty of ready money. I don't know how they could afford to raise a child otherwise.
See also: money, ready
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

*ready (to do something)

prepared to do something. (*Typically: be ~; get ~.) Get ready to jump! It's time to get ready to go to work.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See:
  • (a little/bit) rough and ready
  • (Are you) ready for this?
  • (Are you) ready to order?
  • all dressed up and nowhere to go
  • Anytime you are ready
  • anytime you're ready
  • Are you ready for this?
  • at the ready
  • be more than (something)
  • be more than glad, ready, etc.
  • be ready to roll
  • fit/ready to drop
  • get ready
  • make (oneself or something) ready (for someone or something)
  • make ready
  • make ready to (do something)
  • my body is ready
  • not ready for prime time
  • on your mark, get set, go
  • only too (something)
  • only too glad, ready, etc.
  • ready
  • ready and willing
  • ready cash
  • ready for prime time
  • ready for the knacker's yard
  • ready for the off
  • ready for this?
  • ready money
  • ready to order?
  • ready to roll
  • ready up
  • ready when you are
  • ready, set, go
  • ready, steady, go
  • ready, steady, go!
  • ready, willing, and able
  • rough and ready
  • rough-and-ready
  • rough-and-tumble
  • when (one) is good and ready
  • when one is good and ready
References in periodicals archive
Also, each outstanding ORM share of common stock of par value USD0.01 per share, (other than shares held by Ready Capital or Merger Sub or by any wholly owned subsidiary of Ready Capital, Merger Sub or ORM that were automatically cancelled and retired and ceased to exist), was converted into the right to receive from Ready Capital 1.441 newly issued shares of RC common stock of par value USD0.0001 per share.
Ready Capital and Owens Realty Mortgage close merger between three entities
Prior to Ready Capital, Ahlborn worked in Ernst & Young, LLP's Financial Services Office from 2007.
Ready Capital reports transition for executive team
The volume of sales of ready villas at Al Furjan is up a whopping 143 per cent in the first nine months of 2018 compared to last year.
Ready property spaces are the real(ty) winners
But you want a stadium to be safe, secure and ready for people to walk in.
Waiting game best for Spurs fans
Because the cases are ready to display once they are open and are usually lighter and smaller than conventional secondary packaging, shelf-ready packaging reduces labor costs.
Top-shelf tips for shelf-ready packaging
Cyber Ready provides a new and unique approach to cyber security support in the United States delivered on a world-class training platform developed by Israeli cyber firm, CyberGym.
Cyber Ready USA to Open Cyber Combat Arena & Service Center in Oklahoma City
And now that idea has a name: Future Ready Librarians (FRL).
Librarians connected to national future ready initiative
Released this summer on the Get Ready website, the shareable graphic contains easy-to-understand tips and images that spell out the basics of earthquake preparedness.
New Get Ready video, earthquake graphic
adults who have broadband Internet access at home, 71 percent of Americans want a move-in ready home.
Report: move-in ready now means more technology
ASUS today announced ASUS Beyond VR Ready, a distinctive mark of compatibility and confidence for consumers keen to gear up for the virtual-reality (VR) gaming revolution.
ASUS' 'Beyond VR Ready' program ensures compatibility with latest VR technology
In the three years since Montgomery County implemented a blended model of Ready and i-Ready, K5 students have seen growth of more than 50 percent in math and have closed significant gaps in reading ability.
Blended learning drives student gains in Math and ELA at Montgomery County Schools: i-Ready and Ready help close achievement gaps in North Carolina district
Ready Technology: Fast-Tracking New Business Technologies
Ready Technology: Fast-Tracking New Business Technologies
Dubai: Long-serving Godolphin handler Saeed Bin Surour's quest to win a second 2,000 Guineas in 18 years begins at Newmarket on Thursday, with a horse he named Be Ready with one eye on the future.
Godolphin's Be Ready on Classic trial
All but one county will be ready for private criminal defense attorneys to do electronic filings on their cases as of October 1, according to the Florida Courts E-Filing Authority.
Criminal e-filing starts slowly: most state attorneys, PDs seek extensions
For me, one of the most surprising elements of the course was the emphasis on carrying your firearm, whether pistol or rifle, in the Low Ready position.
Open up: don't close your mind to new techniques