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ˈready-ˌmoneyed, a. [f. prec.] a. Possessing ready money. b. Of the nature of ready money; (in quot. fig.).
1810Chron. in Ann. Reg. 314/1 Mr. Elwes is, perhaps, the richest ready-moneyed commoner in England. c1815Jane Austen Northang. Abb. (1833) II. xi. 175 Giving ready-monied, actual happiness for a draft on the future that may not be honoured. |