for one's own hand

prepositional phrase

For one's own benefit or advantage.

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. For one's own benefit or advantage.

    Finance and money are much more puzzling than direct commercial profiteering for one's own hand with one's own little capital.

    1944, George Bernard Shaw, Everybody's Political What's What
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APA

for one's own hand. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20one's%20own%20hand

MLA

“for one's own hand.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20one's%20own%20hand. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “for one's own hand,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20one's%20own%20hand.

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