readies
noun, verb
readies is a noun meaning “Cash, especially bank notes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-A-D-I-E-S and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 4 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does readies mean?
noun
- 1
UKinformalCash, especially bank notes.
verb
- 1
third-person singular simple present indicative of ready
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce readies?
- US
Readies has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Flame,_not_lame-readies.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
How common is readies?
Readies appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 58,063rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does readies come from?
From ready + -s, from ready money.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).