- 1(sometimes disapproving) food, money, or clothes that are given to a person who is poor to be dependent on handouts
- 2(often disapproving) money that is given to a person or an organization by the government, etc., for example to encourage commercial activity
- 3a free document that gives information about an event or a matter of public interest, or that states the views of a political party, etc. see press release
- 4a document that is given to students in class and that contains a summary of the lesson, a set of exercises, etc.
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