handout

[hand-out]

noun

1. a portion of food or the like given to a needy person, as a beggar.

2. press release.

3. any printed, typed, mimeographed, or photocopied copy of information, as a speech, policy statement, or fact sheet given to reporters, attendees at a meeting, or the like.

4. anything given away for nothing, as a free sample of a product by an advertiser.

Word History and Origins

Origin of handout¹

First recorded in 1880–85 handout for def. 1 and in 1905–10 handout for def. 2; noun use of verb phrase hand out

Example Sentences

They got some of what they wanted, but Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s handout in particular falls more in the realms of trick.

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Donum’s handout literature and website provide labeled maps and thorough descriptions of each artwork.

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Government spending, private consumption and facility investments led growth largely on a series of cash handouts to households and other fiscal support, while construction investments still remained sluggish.

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Perhaps he’s upset that we talk to oncologists, unlike those in the press who rely on FDA handouts.

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Standing in the middle of a parking lot in suburban Washington, surrounded by hundreds of federal employees waiting for food handouts amid the US government shutdown, Diane Miller summed it up simply.

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