foreign aid

noun

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

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More: Trump officials propose renaming USAID and revamping foreign aid In total, 5,341 awards will be terminated, representing just under $76 billion, the document says. Jennifer Rigby, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025 But instead of using the pause to bring calm to the region, the new administration immediately halted all foreign aid for 90 days, cut all funding to UNRWA, and attempted to eliminate USAID entirely. Curtis R. Ryan, Foreign Affairs, 25 Mar. 2025 Sixty-five percent say yank foreign aid and tackle the $36 trillion debt. Ryan J. Taylor, Boston Herald, 20 Mar. 2025 Trump cuts foreign aid, alleging waste On Inauguration Day, Trump issued an executive order directing a freeze of foreign assistance funding and a review of all U.S. aid and development work abroad, alleging that much of foreign assistance was wasteful and advanced a liberal agenda. David Rising and Aniruddha Ghosal, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 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 29 Mar. 2025.

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