mental preparedness;  being braced for;  being steeled for
 preliminary arrangements;  spade work
 fully prepared;  all ready
 warming (limbering) up;  warming-up exercises
 in preparation;  (shop) not yet open for business
 preparatory phase;  preparatory period
 ill-preparedness;  insufficient preparation;  lack of preparation
 preliminary conditions;  initial conditions;  state of preparations for (before) an event
 preparatory document;  legal brief
 (crime of) assembling with dangerous weapons
 (US) Federal Reserve System
 draft script;  preparatory version
 total amount of foreign currency reserves;  foreign exchange reserves
 fully prepared;  all ready
 preliminary control of lights
 reserve ratio;  reserve rate
 reserve requirement ratio;  legal reserve ratio;  required reserve ratio
 required reserves;  legal required reserves
 legal reserve system (USA);  reserve deposit requirement system
 U.S. Federal Reserve Board