handout

Example Sentences

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Baroness Batters added: "Farmers don't want handouts from the state, they want nothing more than to run thriving, profitable farming businesses, by earning a fair return for what they produce."

From BBC

“He really believed if he succeeded, you were going to succeed. It wasn’t about a handout, it was a hand up.”

From Los Angeles Times

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

But the Covid aftermath featured a sharp rise in inflation that drove up the cost of living, forcing officials to extend support programs or offer new handouts.

From The Wall Street Journal

But these handouts are becoming less popular with voters.

From The Wall Street Journal