Meaning of food stamp | Babel Free

Definitions

A stamp or similar paper document (e.g. coupon) issued to be exchanged in shops or storage facilities for food, or (by extension) for other essential provisions, notably in a rationing system or as a non-financial form of welfare benefit.

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Examples

“The authorities claim they turned from unemployment checks to food stamps to avoid alcoholics wasting their families' allowances in pubs.”

“The bill extends Trump’s 2017 tax cuts and includes new spending for border security and the military. Republicans aimed to offset these costs with cuts to programmmes^([sic]) such as Medicaid, food stamps and green-energy tax credits.”

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