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noun

economic, technical, or military aid given by one nation to another for purposes of relief and rehabilitation, for economic stabilization, or for mutual defense.

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Also called aid.

Origin of foreign aid

First recorded in 1955–60

OTHER WORDS FROM foreign aid

foreign-aid, adjective

Words nearby foreign aid

forehearth, forehock, forehoof, foreign, foreign affairs, foreign aid, foreign bill, foreign-born, foreign correspondent, foreigner, foreign exchange

How to use foreign aid in a sentence

To be sure, over the past 20 years, the democratically elected government and the sectors of the economy flush with foreign aid experienced a lot of corruption.
The 3 things experts are watching to evaluate the Taliban|Gabby Birenbaum|August 25, 2021|Vox
The Clinton administration paired nonrecognition with meaningful foreign aid.
Pre-war U.S. support for Afghan women’s rights offers a blueprint for the future|Kelly Shannon|August 24, 2021|Washington Post
Battling its biggest health emergency since independence, India is gratefully accepting the help, having recently reversed a longstanding policy of refusing foreign aid.
India Needs All the Help It Can Get to Fight COVID-19, But Who Does Humanitarian Aid Really Serve?|Debasish Roy Chowdhury|May 21, 2021|Time
Over the years, presidents have downplayed the role the Peace Corps plays in American life, and instead have used the organization to highlight their own foreign aid priorities.
Now 60 years old, the Peace Corps can be more than a Cold War artifact|Lacy Feigh|March 5, 2021|Washington Post

Years of occupation and blockade have left Palestinians dependent on foreign aid to prop up their economy and health system.
Israel leads the world in vaccination rates, but a key group is missing from the data|By Yara M. Asi/The Conversation|February 3, 2021|Popular-Science
Cambodia, with its seemingly free press, is also a haven for foreign journalists.
Cambodia’s Smoke-and-Mirrors Democracy|David Shaftel|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
What they believe impacts economic policy, foreign policy, education policy, environmental policy, you name it.
The Evangelical Apocalypse Is All Your Fault|Jay Michaelson|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Huckabee is also not burdened by, or beholden to, foreign investors.
Can Huckabee Convert the GOP’s Moneymen?|Lloyd Green|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
What if there were a legal dispute between the foreign investor and his or her Egyptian partners or collaborators?
Amal Clooney vs. Egypt’s Courts|Christopher Dickey|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But I had won the British Award, Best Foreign Actor, so I went.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
It is a lofty and richly-decorated pile of the fourteenth century; and tells of the labours and the wealth of a foreign land.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
The lack of bill buyers in foreign countries who will quote as low rates on dollar as on sterling bills.
Readings in Money and Banking|Chester Arthur Phillips
Groping to the chimney-place with the aid of his matches, Mr. Collingwood found the candle and lit it.
The Boarded-Up House|Augusta Huiell Seaman
I found that I still felt the lure of foreign countries, and the less explored or inhabited, the better.
The Boarded-Up House|Augusta Huiell Seaman
There are very few foreign journals taken or read in the Roman States.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley

British Dictionary definitions for foreign aid

foreign aid

noun

economic and other assistance given by one country to another

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