handout

Example Sentences

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"It's not a handout, we know we have to pay it back," Osborne said.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

And while a government cash handout expected on Wednesday -- the first for embattled jeepney drivers -- would be welcome, "5,000 pesos … won't carry you that far," Helera said.

From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026

Except most of us aren’t in line for this handout.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 2026

Calderon said the program wasn’t “a handout; it’s basically a mitigation payment” from the federal government, which owns and manages about 45% of California’s land.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

At the bottom of the handout was a drawing of a tourist being tossed on the horns of a fuming bison.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen