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government aid

NOUN

public assistance

Synonyms

WEAK

aid to dependent children aid to the blind food stamps meal ticket old-age assistance public welfare relief relief payments social welfare welfare welfare aid welfare payments

NOUN

safety net

Synonyms

WEAK

benefits buffer insurance level of economic security guaranteed by government parachute precaution precautions preventive measure protection protective umbrella safeguard safety plug safety valve sheet anchor subsidy

Example Sentences

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Mr Smith said that distributing government aid to farmers who need it the most, rather than to larger farms, has been a challenge in the past.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2025

The family are now staying with friends and relying on limited government aid.

From Barron's • Dec. 3, 2025

It has balanced the budget, improved government aid to the poor by removing political middlemen, and cut a tangle of red tape that was strangling business.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

“I think everybody expected government aid quicker,” she said as she stopped by a food distribution hub this week to pick up diapers and winter clothes for her kid.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 18, 2024

Subven′tion, act of coming to relief, support: a government aid or subsidy.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

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