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
Given enough ready money, thorny issues of territorial sovereignty swiftly dissolve.
From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2017
My friend, the late Primate, who knew men, said, that the Prime Serjeant was the only person he had ever met with who got ready money, in effect, for every vote he gave in parliament.
From The Commercial Restraints of Ireland by Hutchinson, John Hely
