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on hand

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. on hand(p)adjective

    readily available

    "there will be a wealth of information on hand from the lawyers"

Wiktionary

  1. on handadverb

    Available; ready; in stock.

  2. Etymology: From *, from onhende, equivalent to. Cognate with áhendur. Compare offhand.

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  1. on hand

    "On hand" generally refers to something that is immediately available or can be accessed readily when needed. It can also mean being present in a particular situation or location.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  1. on hand

    The quantity of an item that is physically available in a storage location and contained in the accountable property book records of an issuing activity.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of on hand in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of on hand in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of on hand in a Sentence

  1. Sanita Belgrave:

    When life deals you a losing hand, know that test can become your testimony.

  2. Marcus Tullius Cicero:

    For if that last day does not occasion an entire extinction, but a change of abode only, what can be more desirable And if it, on the other hand, destroys and absolutely puts an end to us, what can be preferable to having a deep sleep fall on us in the midst of the fatigues of life and, being thus overtaken, to sleep to eternity

  3. Richard Whitman:

    It's the modern nationalist paradox, on the one hand you have a desire for more autonomy, but to do that through a supranational container.

  4. Gavin Newsom:

    I was very judicious yesterday, very judicious, and you’ll see the photo that I did take where Magic was kind enough, generous enough, to ask me for a photograph, and in my left hand’s a mask and I took a photo.

  5. Meghan Trainor:

    It was heartbreaking, i can only speak for myself because I am standing right next to these artists. It was crushing. You see me holding the hand of somebody… and I am just their mommy up there. I can feel the nerves… the sweat, the shaking.


Translations for on hand

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  • HandGerman
  • käsillä, käytettävissä, saatavillaFinnish
  • 手元Japanese
  • em mãosPortuguese
  • наличие, налицо, распоряжение, рукаRussian
  • на располагању, расположиво, raspoloživo, na raspolaganju, pri ruci, при руциSerbo-Croatian
  • tillgänglig, till hands, tillhandaSwedish
  • 手上Chinese

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