foreign aidnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌfɒr.ən ˈeɪd/us/ˌfɔːr.ən ˈeɪd/the help that is given by a richer country to a poorer one, usually in the form of money or food
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Gifts in the form of money
- aid
- alms
- award
- bequest
- bonus
- book token
- bounty
- Christmas box
- community chest
- debt relief
- donation
- dowry
- gift token
- gratuity
- handout
- honorarium
- reward
- tip
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Helping and co-operating
Organizations - charities
Examples from literature
- Furthermore, the money that government takes away from us for foreign aid is used to subsidize our political enemies and economic competitors abroad.
- Meanwhile this country has continued to bear more than its share of the West's military and foreign aid obligations.
- No one can doubt or deny that the interest of various Governments, and the sense of justice among nations, gave the Poles a right to expect foreign aid.
- Our foreign aid does grievous harm to the American people by burdening them with excessive taxation, thus making it difficult for them to expand their own economy.
- The basic argument for foreign aid is that by helping the underdeveloped nations develop, we will keep them from falling under the dictatorship of communism.