ready /redˈi/

1. Prepared
2. Willing
3. Inclined
4. About or liable (to)
5. Dexterous
6. Prompt
7. Quick
8. Handy
9. At hand
10. Immediately available
11. Dressed, attired (obsolete)
12. Direct
13. Also used as combining form, as in ready-mix, ready-to-wear, etc

Readily (now only in compar and superl)

1. (usu with the) the position of a firearm ready to be fired
2. Ready money (slang; also in pl)
3. Time of, or for, making ready (informal)

To make (usu oneself) ready

readˈily adverb

1. Willingly
2. Quickly and without difficulty

readˈiness noun

readˈy-made adjective

1. Made before sale, not made to order
2. Unoriginal
3. Immediately usable, not requiring construction or preparation

noun

A ready-made article, esp a garment

ready meal noun

A packaged meal that has been pre-cooked and requires only to be reheated

readˈy-mix adjective

1. (of cake, etc ingredients) prepared and blended so that usu only liquid need be added before cooking
2. (also ready-mixedˈ) (of concrete) mixed in the vehicle in which it is being transported to the site where it is to be used

ready money noun

1. Money ready at hand
2. Cash

readˈy-money adjective

Paying, or for payment, in money on the spot

readˈy-moneyed or readˈy-monied adjective

Having, or of the nature of, ready money

ready reckoner noun

A book of tables used as a calculation aid, esp one giving the value of so many things at so much each, and interest on any sum of money from a day upwards

readˈy-wash noun (slang)

Crack (cocaine)

readˈy-witted adjective

Quick-witted

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