"a ready-money transaction"

As a phrase, "ready money" has been in use since the 15th century, then to refer to coins, now to refer to cash.

This discussion is based on the definition of the words ready and money in the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, which requires a little explanation.

To Act I or Act II of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado.

To the homepage of this Mikado website.

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College of Fine Arts and Humanities

St. Cloud State University

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Last update: 19 May 1998.