handout
/'hændaut/
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Definition
- Noun:
- Material aid given freely: A "handout" is something, such as food, money, or clothing, given freely to a person or group in need.
- Document distributed to an audience: A "handout" is a piece of paper or document containing information, summaries, or data that is distributed to people, often to supplement a talk, lecture, or presentation.
Examples
Noun (Material Aid):
- The charity organization provides handouts of warm meals every evening.
- He refused to live on government handouts and looked for a job instead.
Noun (Distributed Document):
- The professor gave us a handout with the key points of the lecture.
- Please refer to the handout for a list of recommended reading materials.
Advanced Usage
- "to be on handouts": to be dependent on receiving free aid or charity.
- After the factory closed, many families were on handouts for months.
Variants and Related Words
- To hand out (phrasal verb): to distribute something.
- The teacher will hand out the tests now.
Synonyms
- Aid, charity, dole (for material aid).
- Brochure, leaflet, circular (for a distributed document).
Related Phrases
- Press handout: a document containing official information given to journalists.
- The company issued a press handout about the new product launch.
Noun
- giving money or food or clothing to a needy person
- an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation