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/hˈændˌaʊt/ Listen

noun

hand-out, handout n.

Money or an object given in or as in a charitable gesture; also used of government disbursements to individuals for welfare; as, government hand-outs to welfare clients.

A printed circular distributed gratis, usually for political or advertising purposes.

A printed statement distributed, usually to the news media.

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Etymology of 'Handout'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Handout" Quotes from Famous Books

... handout buffets, besides the shapely cubes, free Welsh Rabbit started at four every afternoon, to lead the tired businessman in by the nose; or a smear of Canadian Snappy out of a pure white porcelain pot in the classy places, ...

— The Complete Book of Cheese • Robert Carlton Brown

... back home wid me. We have had our ups and downs in life. Sometimes de livin' has been mighty hard, but dere has never been a time since I been free when I could not git a handout from ...

— Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States • Various

... "Beat it, kid!" he commanded. "We ain't runnin' no day nursery. These you see here is all the real thing. Maybe we asks fer a handout now and then; but that ain't our reg'lar lay. You ain't swift enough to travel with this bunch, kid, so you'd better duck. Why we gents, here, if we was added up is wanted in about twenty-seven ...

— The Oakdale Affair • Edgar Rice Burroughs