ready money
Example Sentences
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In adulthood, the need for ready money forced each of the Brontës to leave their creative idyll for a time—all of them worked as educators—before returning home.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
“We have ready money today for anybody who can sell us PPE. We’ll cut you a check on the spot.”
From Reuters • Mar. 22, 2020
Over time, many former soldiers had to sell their certificates for ready money, often for a small fraction of their face value.
From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018
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One reason for the bounty of new musicals, according to the producers of several of them, is ready money.
From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2010
They had squandered all of their ready money, and dared not return to Stanley Junction.
From Ralph in the Switch Tower by Chapman, Allen