on hand en · ADP
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From Middle English *onhande, onhende, from Old English onhende (“on hand, demanding attention”), from Proto-Germanic *anahandijaz. Equivalent to on- + hand. Cognate with Icelandic áhendur (“within reach”). Compare offhand.
Meanings
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(idiomatic) Available; ready; in stock.
If you have cornstarch on hand, use it; otherwise, try a little flour.
She was on hand again in March when the EU gave €7.4bn (£6.3bn) to Egypt’s abusive dictator, Abdel Fatah al-Sisi, partly to curb migrant flows.
2024 May 4, Simon Tisdall, “Giorgia Meloni and Ursula von der Leyen, the double act that is steering the EU ever rightwards”, in The Observer, →ISSN:Freight rolling stock distribution is the concern of a section in the office. The clerk in charge of this section receives bulk returns from the districts at regular intervals of wagons on hand and wagon requirements.
1950 February, “Crewe Divisional Control Room”, in Railway Magazine, page 115:Rustu failed to collect a Whitehead corner, Shawcross saw his effort blocked and Crouch was on hand to bundle over the line from three yards out.
2011 September 29, Tom Rostance, “Stoke 2 - 1 Besiktas”, in BBC Sport:
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| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| on-hand | alternative | lexicographic | |
| onhand | alternative | lexicographic |
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pl na podorędziu (available) · cy gerllaw (available) · pl pod ręką (available) · sh pri ruci (available) · sh на располагању (available) · ka ხელმისაწვდომი (available) · ja 手元に (available) · grc πρόχειρος (available) · ru в распоряже́нии (available) · sh расположиво (available) · de vorhanden (available) · fi käsillä (available) · sv till hands (available) · sh raspoloživo (available) · ru под руко́й (available) · ru в нали́чии (available) · sh na raspolaganju (available) · sv tillgänglig (available) · pt em mãos (available) · ca a mà (available) · cmn 手頭 /手头 (available) · fi saatavilla (available) · sh при руци (available) · ru на рука́х (available) · de zur Hand (available) · fi käytettävissä (available) · ka ხელთარსებული (available) · es a mano (available)