ON HAND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does on hand mean? 

• ON HAND (adjective)
  The adjective ON HAND has 1 sense:

1. readily available

  Familiarity information: ON HAND used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ON HAND (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Readily available

Context example:

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

Similar:

available (obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service)

 Context examples 

The cell does not store energy as ATP, but only has enough ATP on hand for its immediate energy needs.

(Electron Transport Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

“Anything remarkable on hand?” he asked.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“I need a caulker, for there's trouble on hand. And talking o' trouble, why did that doctor give me the chart, Jim?”

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

“I’m bound to say that I make nothing of the note except that there was something on hand, and that a woman, as usual was at the bottom of it.”

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Whomever you speak to, collaborate with, or are married to, seems to have superb ideas for you, for Saturn will again be on hand to send comforting vibrations.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

In that case I may leave you here, said Lestrade, for I have another small business on hand.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This burglary business is getting serious; we got off once all right; but we have now a rare job on hand—unless we can find the Count's key basket.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I now felt that an elderly lady was no bad ingredient in the business I had on hand.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

“And have you any on hand just now?” I asked with interest.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Most nursing homes have nursing aides and skilled nurses on hand 24 hours a day.

(Nursing Homes, NIH: National Institute on Aging)