From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Industry, Businessready-madeˌready-ˈmade adjective [only before noun]1TIBready-made food or goods are already prepared or made, and ready for you to use immediatelya ready-made spaghetti sauce2CONVENIENTready-made ideas or reasons are provided for you, so that you do not have to think of them yourselfThe rain gave us a ready-made excuse to stay at home.Examples from the Corpusready-made• Good directors are neither numerous nor ready-made.• There are many ready-madecollections of anecdotesavailable in book form.• But when her family comes, bringing with it ready-made conviviality, she balks.• ready-madecurtains• As they no longer seemed to exist as ready-madegarments, my wifebought the material.• Any kind of ranching, logging or building provides a ready-madeinroad for the farmers to penetrate the most inaccessible parts.• Four big shipyardsnearby and others further afield provided a ready-mademarket for its paints.• Daniel Spoerri, meanwhile, remains at Galerie Beaubourg throughout the month with his ready-made picture-tables.From Longman Business Dictionaryready-madeˌready-ˈmade adjective [only before a noun]1already prepared, and ready to be used immediatelyThe company produces canned soup and ready-made meals.2ready-made clothes/shoes etcCOMMERCEclothes etc that have been manufactured in large quantities, rather than made for a particular customera range of ready-made knitwear