In Hand

Definition: In Hand

In Hand

Adjective

1. Accessible at the present time; "waited for supper...glasses in hand".

2. Now in consideration or under discussion; "regarding the matter in hand".

3. Being acted upon; "kept the situation well in hand".

4. Physically in an owner's possession; "came to the auction cash in hand".

Adverb

1. Under control; "the riots were in hand".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: In Hand

Business

Adjective: businesslike; workaday; professional; official, functional; busy; (actively employed); on hand, in hand, in one's hands; afoot; on foot, on the anvil; going on; acting.

Incompleteness

In progress, in hand; going on, proceeding.

Noncompletion

In progress, in hand; ongoing, going on, proceeding; on one's hands; on the anvil; in the fire, in the oven.

Possession

Possessed; Verb: on hand, by one; in hand, in store, in stock; in one's hands, in one's grasp, in one's possession; at one's command, at one's disposal; one's own; (property).

Preparation

Adjective: preparing; Verb: in preparation, in course of preparation, in agitation, in embryo, in hand, in train; afoot, afloat; on foot, on the stocks, on the anvil; under consideration; (plan); brewing, batching, forthcoming, brooding; in store for, in reserve.

Crosswords: In Hand

Come away O human child To the waters and the wild With a faery hand in hand, For the world's more full of weeping Than you can understand. (Artificial Intelligence: AI; writing credit: Ian Watson)

I'm gonna make like a leper and intercept any cash that may flow your way until I have the renumeration in hand. (Shannon's Deal; writing credit: David Greenwalt)

Love and selfishness kinda go hand in hand, don't they? (Rurouni Kenshin; writing credit: Johan Unenge; M�ns Gahrton)

Walking hand in hand (Choose; performing artist: Color Me Badd)

I got it well in hand (I'm Coming Out; performing artist: Diana Ross)

I've seen lovers flying through the air hand in hand (Do Ya; performing artist: Electric Light Orchestra)

Hand in hand with ignorance (Praying For Time; performing artist: George Michael)

And we'll be hand in hand for everynight and everyday (If Only; performing artist: Hanson)

Hand in Hand (1960)

Bird in Hand (1952)

Hand in Hand (2001)

Cash In Hand (1998)

Hand in Hand (1996)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Flexor Tendon Injuries (Monographs in Hand Surgery) (reference)

• Tendon Transfers of the Hand and Forearm (Monographs in Hand Surgery) (reference)

• Vascular Injuries and Diseases of the Upper Limb (Monographs in Hand Surgery) (reference)

• Hand in Hand With Joaquin Rodrigo: My Life at the Maestro's Side (Discoveries) (reference)

• Unsatisfactory Results in Hand Surgery (Hand and Upper Limb Volume 3) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Techniques In Hand & Upper Extremity Surgery (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Hand in Hand : It Can Be Done! (Audiodescribed) (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Three drawings of individuals checking themselves during a skin self exam. First is a man standing, examing his back in a mirror; second, a woman sitting on stool examing her feet; third, woman checking face in hand mirror. Credit: Jeanne Kelly (artist).

Man standing in front of bookcase with pipe in hand. Credit: Library of Congress.

Everything in hand, Mr. Chairman?. Credit: Library of Congress.

Tramp with hat in hand standing before astonished woman, her house, and dog. Credit: Library of Congress.

President Wilson, with top hat and speech in hand, delivering his inaugural address, March 5, 1917. Credit: Library of Congress.

"There's no need for an independent investigation - we have everything well in hand" / Herblock. Credit: Library of Congress.

American camera crew films Daniel L. Schorr, with notes in hand, standing in front of the American Legation in Freedom Square, Budapest, Hungary, for the program "Hungary Today". Credit: Library of Congress.

Piece of ore in hand of prospector, Pinos Altos, New Mexico. Credit: Library of Congress.

Marion Post Wolcott with Rolleiflex and Speed Graphic in hand in Montgomery County, Maryland. Credit: Library of Congress.

Questers antique shop. Silver inkstand in hand. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

That all men by nature are equal, I cannot be supposed to understand all sorts of equality: age or virtue may give men a just precedency: excellency of parts and merit may place others above the common level: birth may subject some, and alliance or benefits others, to pay an observance to those to whom nature, gratitude, or other respects, may have made it due: and yet all this consists with the equality, which all men are in, in respect of jurisdiction or dominion one over another; which was the equality I there spoke of, as proper to the business in hand, being that equal right, that every man hath, to his natural freedom, without being subjected to the will or authority of any other man. (Second Treatise of Government)

As the parson has ever gone band in hand with the landlord, so has Clerical Socialism with Feudal Socialism. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

I did not know how I could reach him, where I could overtake him and go on hand in hand with him once more.

Then, she might have come down to us in history, hand in hand with Ann Hutchinson, as the foundress of a religious sect.

Then she remained motionless, bucket in hand, the open door before her.

State police got it in hand.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

There is no cure for MMA. Treatment consists of muscle strengthening exercises and training in hand coordination. (references)

With this information in hand, you can make other important choices, like finding out if you are eligible for Medicare and Medigap insurance coverage. (references)

Economic History

Luxembourg

A rise in profits went hand in hand with this expansion. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "in hand": ad hand in hand ♦ ad hat in hand ♦ assets in hand ♦ balance in hand ♦ bird in hand ♦ Cap in hand ♦ cash in hand ♦ go hand in hand with ♦ go hand in hand with smth. ♦ hand in hand ♦ hat in hand ♦ have in hand ♦ heart in hand ♦ matter in hand ♦ pen in hand ♦ put in hand ♦ put smth. in hand ♦ sword in hand ♦ take in hand ♦ take smth. in hand ♦ the matter in hand ♦ To bear in hand ♦ To have in hand ♦ To hold in hand ♦ To stand in hand ♦ To stand one in hand ♦ To take in hand. Additional references.

Albanian

para në dorë (cash, cash in hand, ready, ready money), me temena (hat in hand). (various references)

Arabic 

‏في قبضتي. (various references)

Bulgarian 

смирено (hat in hand, humbly, low). (various references)

Chinese 

�"� (to act, to do, to drill, to exercise, to hold, to keep, to manage, to take in hand). (various references)

Czech

jít ruku v ruce s èím (go hand in hand with smth.), chopit se èeho (catch hold of smth., seize on, take hold of smth., take smth. in hand). (various references)

Danish

kontante midler (cash, cash balances, cash in hand, cash on hand, cash resources), kassebeholdning (cash, cash balances, cash in hand, cash on hand, cash resources), kasse (box, case, cash, cash in hand, cash liquidity, cash on hand, casing, chest, compartment, container, crate, hopper, housing, lug boxes, picking boxes, saladin box). (various references)

Dutch

vonnis van geldigverklaring (order to a debtor to pay over money in hand to someone appointed by court), kasgeld (cash, cash balances, cash in hand, cash on hand, cash resources), kas (cashier's stand, fund, money box, money-box, till), gereed geld (cash, cash balances, cash in hand, cash on hand, cash resources, specie), contanten (cash, cash balances, cash in hand, cash on hand, cash resources). (various references)

Finnish

käteisvarat (cash in hand). (various references)

French

encaisse (cash in hand). (various references)

German

vierspännig (four in hand), verfügbare Barmittel (cash, cash balances, cash in hand, cash on hand, cash resources), Kassenguthaben (cash, cash in hand, cash on hand), kassenbestand (balance in hand, cash balance), Kasse (bank, box office, cash, cash box, cash point, cash register, cashdesk, cashier, cashier's office, cashier's stand, checkout, coffers, exchequer, fund, kitty, money box, money-box, point of sale, pool, register, till), Kassa (cash, cash in hand, cash on hand), Entscheidung über die Rechtmäßigkeit der Vollstreckung (order to a debtor to pay over money in hand to someone appointed by court), Barmittel (cash, cash balances, cash in hand, cash on hand, cash resources), Bargeldbestände (cash, cash balances, cash in hand, cash on hand, cash resources). (various references)

Greek 

στο χέρι. (various references)

Hebrew 

י�" בי�" (hand in hand, together), ב�"כ� ע�" (hat in hand). (various references)

Hungarian

tartalékban (in bank), munkában, készenlétben (in readiness, on standby). (various references)

Indonesian

seiring dengan (hand in hand, together with), menggandengi (go hand in hand with). (various references)

Italian

saldi monetari liquidi (cash, cash balances, cash in hand, cash on hand, cash resources), esistenza di cassa (cash, cash balances, cash in hand, cash on hand, cash resources), disponibilit� liquide (cash, cash and bank balances, cash balances, cash in hand, cash on hand, cash resources, disposable assets, liquid assets, liquid funds, liquid resources, liquidity), cassa (bank, box, case, cash, cash desk, cash register, chest, container, counter, desk, fund, jug, pay desk, safe, strongbox, till, vessel). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

掻い繰る (to haul in hand over hand), 手�'携えて (hand in hand). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

かいぐる (to haul in hand over hand), て�'たずさえて (hand in hand). (various references)

Pig Latin

inay andhay

Portuguese

ordem judicial de pagamento em mão de uma dívida (order to a debtor to pay over money in hand to someone appointed by court), disponibilidades (cash, cash and bank balances, cash balances, cash in hand, cash on hand, cash resources, disposable assets, liquid assets, liquid funds, liquid resources, liquidity), dinheiro em caixa (cash, cash balances, cash in hand, cash on hand, cash resources), dinheiro � mão (balance in hand), caixa (ash-box, bank window, bin, box, bunker, cash keeper, cashier's stand, chest, coalscuttle, coffer, desk, fund, hutch, jug, kit, money box, pay-box, receiver, safe, sheath, teller, treasurer, vessel, writing-table). (various references)

Romanian

în studiu, în mânã (on hand), în discuţie (in debate, litigious, moot, under debate). (various references)

Russian 

имеющийся под рукой (ready). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ponizno (hat in hand, humbly). (various references)

Spanish

saldo disponible (balance in hand), caja (barrel, body, box, case, cash, cash desk, cashbox, cashier's stand, casing, checkbox, checkout, chest, container, crate, cushion, drawer, fund, housing, jug, money box, money-box, pay office, paydesk, shaft, shell, slush fund, take, till, vessel, well), activo disponible (assets in hand, current assets, quick assets). (various references)

Swedish

inneliggande, inne (at home, funky, hip, in, indoors, inside, inside of, trendy, within), under kontroll. (various references)

Thai

อย่างนอบน้อม (cap in hand, meekly). (various references)

Turkish

mevcut (actual, adsum, attendant, available, existent, existing, physical, present, prevalent, stock, store, substantial, supply, total, total number of attendance, visible), eldeki (available, in stock, ready), çantada keklik (cinch, fair game, in the bag). (various references)

Turkmen 

ideklemek (hold in hand, rein in). (various references)

Ukrainian

у руках, у розпорядженні. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: hand, hind.

-3 letters: aid, ain, and, ani, dah, din, had, hid, hin, inn, nah, nan.

-4 letters: ad, ah, ai, an, ha, hi, id, in, na.

+1 letter: handing.

+2 letters: handling.

+3 letters: anhedonia, anhedonic, enchained, handiness, handlings, handprint, hardening, hindbrain, hindrance, humankind, unchained, unhandier, unhandily, unhanding.

+4 letters: anhedonias, behindhand, chagrinned, disenchant, duennaship, handmaiden, handprints, handseling, handspring, hardenings, headlining, hindbrains, hindrances, hinterland, husbanding, ironhanded, lanthanide, nationhood, nightstand, nudibranch, rehandling, unhandiest.

+5 letters: admonishing, annihilated, backhanding, blandishing, brandishing, cachinnated, cantharidin, chairmanned, chandelling, channelized, cyanohydrin, disenchants, duennaships, handcuffing, handfasting, handholding, handinesses, handmaidens, handpicking, handrailing, handselling, handshaking, handsprings, handwringer, handwriting, handwritten, headhunting, hinterlands, landholding, lanthanides, manhandling, mishandling, nationhoods, nightstands, nonadhesive, nudibranchs, overhanding, panhandling, pathfinding, rehardening, sandwiching, stanchioned, ungarnished, unhandiness, uninhabited, untarnished, unthreading, unvarnished.