on hand

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   readily available

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

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Questions about on hand

What does on hand mean?

on hand means "readily available".

Is on hand a common word?

on hand is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.