foreign aid

noun

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

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Doctors and healthcare professionals funded by foreign aid money, including USAID, set up diagnostic clinics and have been distributing free medicines. Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 17 Feb. 2025 Non-military foreign aid is not a major factor in federal spending and deficits. Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 16 Feb. 2025 Marocco’s turbulent tenure during the last Trump administration sheds light on his current efforts to destroy the American foreign aid system from the inside out. Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 16 Feb. 2025 The United States Agency for International Development is the world's largest foreign aid agency. Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for foreign aid 

Word History

First Known Use

1548, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 22 Feb. 2025.

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