GI Bill

American  

noun

1. any of various Congressional bills enacted to provide funds for college educations, home-buying loans, and other benefits for armed-services veterans.

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GI Bill Cultural  

1. A law passed in 1944 that provided educational and other benefits for people who had served in the armed forces in World War II. Benefits are still available to persons honorably discharged from the armed forces.

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Example Sentences

The GI Bill and the industrial boom drove the greatest project of mass education and mass consumption in world history.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 2026

After the war, manufacturing boomed, the GI Bill fueled white-collar growth and workers fanned out to the suburbs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

It typically takes weeks for veterans to receive GI Bill benefits from the Veterans Administration — funding used for tuition, textbooks and housing.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 12, 2025

Programs like the GI Bill, celebrated as America’s first “color-blind” policy, ostensibly extended benefits to all veterans.

From Salon • Nov. 24, 2024

My other best buddy—who coincidentally had the same first name, but let’s call him Tommy—lived on the other side of the woods in a pleasant working-class neighborhood made possible by the GI Bill.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times