Meaning of on hand | Babel Free

Definitions

Available; ready; in stock.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

CEFR level