food stamp

[food stamp]

noun

1. any of the coupons formerly sold or given under a federal program to low-income Americans and redeemable for food, as at grocery stores or markets: replaced by electronically deposited benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.

Word History and Origins

Origin of food stamp¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

Approximately one in eight Americans receive food stamp benefits from the US government, a program at risk of losing its funding as of Saturday due to the government shutdown.

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If the state were provided data, they argued, households wouldn’t have to submit their own verification proving their food stamp eligibility, which could speed up the process.

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Funding for Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program benefits, or food stamps, was set to lapse Saturday before the judges’ order to tap emergency accounts to pay for them.

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Funding for Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program benefits, or food stamps, was set to lapse Saturday before the judges’ order to tap emergency accounts to pay for them.

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The ongoing budget deadlock in the United States is threatening food security of around 42 million Americans who receive food stamps at the start of each month to help get by.

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