foreign aid

noun

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: assistance (such as economic aid) provided by one nation to another

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Musk’s officials infiltrated department after department, canceling contracts, firing employees, viewing sensitive data, and kneecapping programs related to diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as foreign aid. — Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026 Groups like Poy’s that rely on foreign aid are struggling as donors shift funding for humanitarian demining toward active conflicts in Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan, and to more recent wars, like in Syria and Afghanistan. — ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026 Before 2021, foreign aid financed roughly three-quarters of public expenditures. — Kara Fox, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026 For decades, these countries have subsisted on a lean diet of foreign aid from major donor governments and the United Nations, the World Bank, and other multilateral institutions. — Eghosa E. Osaghae, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for foreign aid

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First Known Use

1548, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of foreign aid was in 1548

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