money n. - actual coin or notes.

- payment on the spot.

- reckoner n. Book or table listing standard numerical calculations as used esp. In commerce.

- —adj. (-ier, -iest) (usu. Predic.) 1 with preparations complete (dinner is ready).

- in a fit state.

- willing, inclined, or resolved (he is always ready to complain).

- within reach; easily secured (ready source of income).

- fit for immediate use.

- immediate, unqualified (found ready acceptance).

- prompt (is always ready with excuses).

- (foll. By to + infin.) About to (ready to burst).

- provided beforehand. —adv. (usu. In comb.) Beforehand; so as not to require doing when the time comes for use etc. (is ready packed; ready-mixed concrete; ready-made family). —n. (pl. -ies) slang (prec. By the) = *ready money. —v. (-ies, -ied) make ready, prepare. at the ready ready for action. Make ready prepare. [old english]

n. - formal kingdom.

- domain (realm of myth). [latin *regimen]

v. (also absol.) Arm again, esp. With improved weapons. rearmament n.

—n. - person who fights against, resists, or refuses allegiance to, the established government.

- person or thing that resists authority or control. —attrib. Adj. - rebellious.

- of rebels.

- in rebellion. —v. (-ll-; us -l-) (usu. Foll. By against) 1 act as a rebel; revolt.

- feel or display repugnance. [latin: related to *re-, bellum war]

—v. (-dd-; past and past part. Rebid) bid again. —n. - act of rebidding.

- bid so made.

n. (pl. Rebuses) representation of a word (esp. A name) by pictures etc. Suggesting its parts. [latin rebus, ablative pl. Of res thing]

v. (-tt-) 1 refute or disprove (evidence or a charge).

- force or turn back; check. rebuttal n. [anglo-french rebuter: related to *butt1]

colloq. —v. (-pp-) recapitulate. —n. Recapitulation. [abbreviation]

colloq. —n. Reconnaissance. —v. (recced, recceing) reconnoitre. [abbreviation]

n. (pl. -s) 1 right-hand page of an open book.

- front of a printed leaf. [latin, = on the right]