- (sometimes disapproving) food, money or clothes that are given to a person who is poor
- to be dependent on handouts
- I don't want to be dependent on handouts.
Extra ExamplesTopics Social issuesc2- All those eligible will receive a cash handout.
- state handouts to the poor
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- free
- government
- state
- …
- give (somebody)
- get
- receive
- …
- handout from
- handout to
- (often disapproving) money that is given to a person or an organization by the government, etc., for example to encourage commercial activity
- a handout from the government
- The company is currently thriving thanks to a £70 000 government handout.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- free
- government
- state
- …
- give (somebody)
- get
- receive
- …
- handout from
- handout to
- a free document that gives information about an event or a matter of public interest, or that states the views of a political party, etc.
- We were given a handout on job hunting.
Extra Examples- More information can be found in the handout.
- The party's press handout was largely ignored by journalists.
- The publicity handout states that you can book a holiday online in ten minutes.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + handout- distribute
- give somebody
- give out
- …
- in a/the handout
- handout on
- a document that is given to students in class or people attending a talk, etc. and that contains a summary of the lesson/talk, a set of exercises, etc.Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + handout
- distribute
- give somebody
- give out
- …
- in a/the handout
- handout on
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