foreign aid

noun

: assistance (such as economic aid) provided by one nation to another

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Their measure also restores nearly half a billion dollars to public broadcasting, lifts the freeze on foreign aid funding, and boosts congressional security funds in the wake of the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Nik Popli, Time, 18 Sep. 2025 Ultimately, a ban was included in a foreign aid bill that Biden signed in 2024. PC Magazine, 17 Sep. 2025 The research examines the February gutting of USAID — the US agency that delivered food, medicine and other assistance to developing countries — by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, whereby the foreign aid agency’s staff was reduced from more than 10,000 to 290. Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025 The Justice Department had asked the high court to pause a judge's order that the administration release the foreign aid. Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for foreign aid

Word History

First Known Use

1548, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of foreign aid was in 1548

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“Foreign aid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign%20aid. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.

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