on hand

on hand

See also: onhand and on-hand

English

Alternative forms

• on-hand, onhand

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.

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

on hand

1. (idiomatic) Available; ready; in stock.

   If you have cornstarch on hand, use it; otherwise, try a little flour.

   • 2011 September 29, Tom Rostance, “Stoke 2 - 1 Besiktas”, in BBC Sport‎:

     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.

Translations

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Catalan: a mà Chinese: Mandarin: 手頭／手头 (zh) (shǒutóu) Finnish: käytettävissä, saatavilla (fi), käsillä (fi) German: zur Hand (de), vorhanden (de) Greek: Ancient Greek: πρόχειρος (prókheiros) Japanese: 手元に (ja) (てもとに, temoto ni) Polish: pod ręką Portuguese: em mãos Russian: в распоряже́нии (ru) (v rasporjažénii), в нали́чии (ru) (v nalíčii), под руко́й (ru) (pod rukój), на рука́х (ru) (na rukáx) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: при руци, на располагању, расположиво Roman: pri ruci, na raspolaganju, raspoloživo (sh) Spanish: a mano (es) Swedish: till hands (sv), tillgänglig (sv) Welsh: gerllaw

See also

• at hand
• on one's hands
• to hand

Anagrams

• hand on