foreign aid

noun

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

foreign aid

noun

1. economic and other assistance given by one country to another

Other Words From

• foreign-aid adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of foreign aid¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

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.

From Vox

The Clinton administration paired nonrecognition with meaningful foreign aid.

From 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.

From 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.

From Washington Post

Years of occupation and blockade have left Palestinians dependent on foreign aid to prop up their economy and health system.

From Popular-Science

Meanwhile, Rand Paul actually wants to end all U.S. foreign aid.

From The Daily Beast

DNR leaders admitted that foreign aid workers in the Donetsk region had good reasons to be concerned about their safety.

From The Daily Beast

People have no idea what we spend on foreign aid because no one ever tells them.

From The Daily Beast

In most polls, when people are asked what percentage of its budget the United States spends on foreign aid, they say 25.

From The Daily Beast

A crucial area where one might expect Craner and Paul to disagree is foreign aid.

From The Daily Beast

The Libyans and Berbers probably never knew a grape-culture of their own without foreign aid.

From Project Gutenberg

But the disappointment of their hopes of foreign aid only drove the adherents of revolt in Ireland to a rising of despair.

From Project Gutenberg

I traveled all over the world and probably counteracted a billion dollars' worth of foreign aid.

From Project Gutenberg

Such recognition, if obtained, would be followed immediately by a demand for "foreign aid."

From Project Gutenberg

No other proposed route can claim foreign aid because of such good reasons.

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