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
When he goes bust, all he asks for are loans of ready money – liquidity, in banking parlance.
From The Guardian • Jul. 20, 2012
Esquemeling computes it at 4,000 pieces of eight, and in ready money, plate, and jewels to about 50,000 pieces of eight more.
From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume I (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Thornbury, Walter
