HANDOUT


Meaning of HANDOUT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ hændaʊt ]

( handouts)

1.

A handout is a gift of money, clothing, or food, which is given free to poor people.

Each family is being given a cash handout of six thousand rupees.

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2.

If you call money that is given to someone a handout , you disapprove of it because you believe that the person who receives it has done nothing to earn or deserve it.

...the tendency of politicians to use money on vote-buying handouts rather than on investment in the future...

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3.

A handout is a document which contains news or information about something and which is given, for example, to journalists or members of the public.

Official handouts describe the Emperor as ‘particularly noted as a scholar’.

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4.

A handout is a paper containing a summary of information or topics which will be dealt with in a lecture or talk.

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