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handout

[hand-out] / ˈhændˌaʊt /


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"I wasn't asking to live there. I wasn't asking for anything from the Australian government, I wasn't looking for a handout – I just wanted to experience Australia for the set term of the visa."

From BBC • Mar. 20, 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

Takaichi, who took power in October, has unveiled a range of new relief measures, such as energy subsidies and a cash handout of 20,000 yen per child, equivalent to $128.73.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025

After a while, she got bored and wandered off to the kitchen door, hoping to cadge a handout from Viola.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly