public assistance

noun

Definitions

  1. Payment made to disadvantaged persons by government in order to alleviate the burdens of…

    Payment made to disadvantaged persons by government in order to alleviate the burdens of poverty, unemployment, disability, old age, etc.

    • Bush has made public assistance—specifically welfare—a constant target of his campaign rhetoric.
    • She also signed up for public assistance, and gets $356 a month and $388 in food stamps.
  2. Government subsidy.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for public assistance. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA