Meaning

6 senses
  1. An act of handing out something.

  2. A printed sheet such as a leaflet or pamphlet, or a worksheet, that is given out free of charge (usually by hand) for a certain use, for example as an advertisement or for information.

    Handout, Flugblatt, Handreichung

    хэнда́утxɛndáut, памфле́тpamflét, разда́точный материа́лrazdátočnyj materiál

  3. A printed sheet such as a leaflet or pamphlet, or a worksheet, that is given out free of charge (usually by hand) for a certain use, for example as an advertisement or for information.

    Synonym of press release (“an official written statement that is sent to the media so that it can be publicized”).

  4. (derogatory, informal, often)A gift of money or material assistance to the needy or poor.

    Almosen

    ми́лостыняmílostynja, подая́ниеpodajánije

    да́токdátok

    giving money or food or clothing to a needy person

  5. A gift of money or material assistance to the needy or poor.

    (broadly, derogatory, informal, often)Something obtained without effort; a gift, a present.

  6. An act of handing out something.

    (US, archaic, rare)An act of dealing playing cards; a deal.

Examples

12 sentences
  1. The teacher distributed the handouts to the students.

  2. The poor man was looking for a handout.

  3. We're not asking for a handout.

    ruМы не просим милостыни. — marafon

  4. This isn't a handout.

    ruЭто не подачка. — odexed

  5. We're not expecting any handouts.

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
gift of money or material assistance to the needy or poor — see also freebie:
Русский
By meaning 2
printed sheet given out free of charge (usually by hand) for a certain use:
gift of money or material assistance to the needy or poor — see also freebie:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
printed sheet given out free of charge (usually by hand) for a certain use:
gift of money or material assistance to the needy or poor — see also freebie:

Origin

Deverbal from hand out.

Deverbal from hand out.

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Forms

plural: handouts

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation:press releaserelease

Word family

1 related words
Relatedhand-out

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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