money on hand; ready cash
Refers to the money one currently has available, often used in contexts of spending or losing all of it.
有り金を全部使ってしまった。
I spent all the money I had on hand.
彼は有り金をはたいてその車を買った。
He used up all his ready cash to buy that car.
Standard kanji spelling.
Variant spelling with kana for the first character.
Compound of 有り (ari, 'existing') + 金 (kane, 'money'), with rendaku voicing of kane to gane.