afterhand
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afterhand
Where it comes from
From after + hand.
adjective
- Paid afterwards, rather than in advance. an afterhand rent
adverb
- Afterwards; subsequently. To be sure, ye ken best, " said the writer; “ hut, after a', now, wad it no be better to lay by this hundred pound in Tam Turnpenny's, in case the young lady should want it afterhand, just for a sair foot?“
