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单词 government handout
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government handout
government handout n. a quantity of financial or other material aid provided by the government, esp. a welfare payment or state benefit provided to a person or people in need. In later use often with negative connotations; cf. handout n.2 1.
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1920 Manitoba Free Press 29 Oct. 15/2 If this entitles them now to a Government ‘hand out’ there are others with stronger claims to consideration.
1969 Daily Tel. 14 Mar. (Colour Suppl.) 5/1 ‘The social wage’, in plain English, means Government hand-outs, the exact opposite of a wage.
2002 Time 26 Aug. 26/2 Many credit-strapped CEOs licked their chops in anticipation of yet another big, fat government handout. But this time..Uncle Sam hasn't turned into Uncle Sugar.
2013 R. Storch Working hard for Amer. Dream i. 63 Most citizens would see their payment as something they earned,..not a government handout.
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