on hand
Idioms-
In one's possession, available, as in The business needs to have enough cash on hand . [c. 1100]
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Present, as in Jim was always on hand to help . [Mid-1800s]
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Soon, imminent. See at hand , def. 2.
Example Sentences
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An Express Scripts spokeswoman said the company is committed to reducing healthcare waste, “so our refill process also accounts for the cumulative amount of medication that a patient has on hand.”
Instead, they quickly sifted through what they had on hand.
From Los Angeles Times
He said there were extra festive goodies at the food bank and 92 people recently sat down to an "absolutely brilliant" Christmas meal at St Paul's Centre with 20 volunteers on hand to help out.
From BBC
Having loads of capital on hand is less important for an annuities firm than for an insurer like Berkshire that gets surprise bills for car crashes and natural disasters.
Limited partners have started demanding larger GP commitments in order to commit to new funds—money that some GPs don’t have on hand, given the dearth of exits, said Wafra’s Rich.
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