foreign aid

noun

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

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This may reflect skepticism among Republicans and independents about the administration's motives in providing this aid or perhaps a general sense that foreign aid should be provided by the government not the president. Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025 The White House sent Congress a new rescissions package, targeting nearly $5 billion in foreign aid. Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025 On the afternoon of February 12th, Russell Vought, the director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, summoned a small group of career staffers to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building for a meeting about foreign aid. Andy Kroll, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025 African countries must mobilize more domestic resources — particularly via taxation — in order to finance development spending as foreign aid declines, a new report argued. Preeti Jha, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for foreign aid

Word History

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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“Foreign aid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign%20aid. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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