cash on hand. Definition. Funds that are immediately available to a business, and can be spent as needed, as opposed to assets that must be sold to generate cash. The amount of cash on hand determines what projects a company can undertake, or what financial hardships can be absorbed, without going into debt or arranging other financing.
Allen Name Meaning. English and Scottish: from a Celtic personal name of great antiquity and obscurity. In England the personal name is now usually spelled Alan, the surname Allen; in Scotland the surname is more often Allan.Various suggestions have been put forward regarding its origin; the most plausible is that it originally meant âlittle rockâ. Compare Gaelic ailin, ailÃ­n diminutive of âailâ. rockn England the personal name is now usually spelled Alan, the surname Allen; in Scotland the surname is more often Allan. Various suggestions have been put forward regarding its origin; the most plausible is that it originally meant âlittle rockâ.
It was usually rendered into English and Scots as John, in one of many different spellings. The modern Scottish Gaelic form Iain appeared sometime after 1600, perhaps not until the 19th century, probably having evolved in the northern dialect of Gaelic. Ian, an English form of that name, appeared in the 19th century.