handout

handout
1. n. a gift of money, food, or other goods to a needy person. (Often in the negative, as in the examples.)
I don’t want a handout, just a loan.
Give him a handout and send him on his way.
2. n. an informational sheet of paper “handed out” to people.
As you can see on your handout, 40 percent of those who started never finished.
I didn’t get a handout.

Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions. 2015.

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  • Handout — Handout …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

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  • Handout — ist ein Anglizismus (von engl.: (to) hand out = „aushändigen“) für das deutsche Wort Handreichung und bezeichnet: allgemein jede Art von Unterlagen (Tischvorlagen, Handzettel), die bei Vorträgen, Besprechungen und Konferenzen an die Teilnehmer… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • handout — hand out, hand out hand out . 1. money or an object given in or as in a charitable gesture; also used of government disbursements to individuals for welfare; as, government hand outs to welfare clients. [PJC] 2. a printed circular distributed… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • handout — index donation, gratuity (present), largess (gift) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • handout — / hændaʊt/, it. /ɛn daut/ s. ingl. [dal verbo (to ) hand out distribuire ], usato in ital. al masch. [scritto contenente appunti, esempi e sim., che si distribuisce ai partecipanti a un seminario e sim.] ▶◀ ‖ ciclostilato …   Enciclopedia Italiana

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  • handout — ► NOUN 1) an amount of money or other aid given to a needy person or organization. 2) a piece of printed information provided free of charge, especially to accompany a lecture …   English terms dictionary

  • handout — ☆ handout [hand′out΄ ] n. 1. a gift of food, clothing, etc., as to a beggar 2. a pamphlet, leaflet, etc. handed out as for publicity or information 3. NEWS RELEASE …   English World dictionary

  • handout — noun 1 food/money given to people who need it badly ADJECTIVE ▪ free ▪ government, state (esp. BrE) ▪ cash VERB + HANDOUT ▪ give (sb) …   Collocations dictionary

  • handout — [[t]hæ̱ndaʊt[/t]] handouts 1) N COUNT A handout is a gift of money, clothing, or food, which is given free to poor people. Soldiers oversee the food handouts... Each family is being given a cash handout of six thousand rupees. 2) N COUNT… …   English dictionary

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