handout

handout
{n.} 1. A free gift of food, clothes, etc. * /The homeless people were standing in a long line for various handouts./ 2. A typed and photocopied sheet or sheets of paper outlining the main points made by a speaker. * /Please look at page three of the handout./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • Handout — Handout …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

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  • Handout — ist ein Anglizismus (von engl.: (to) hand out = „aushändigen“) für das deutsche Wort Handreichung und bezeichnet: allgemein jede Art von Unterlagen (Tischvorlagen, Handzettel), die bei Vorträgen, Besprechungen und Konferenzen an die Teilnehmer… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • handout — hand out, hand out hand out . 1. money or an object given in or as in a charitable gesture; also used of government disbursements to individuals for welfare; as, government hand outs to welfare clients. [PJC] 2. a printed circular distributed… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • handout — index donation, gratuity (present), largess (gift) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • handout — / hændaʊt/, it. /ɛn daut/ s. ingl. [dal verbo (to ) hand out distribuire ], usato in ital. al masch. [scritto contenente appunti, esempi e sim., che si distribuisce ai partecipanti a un seminario e sim.] ▶◀ ‖ ciclostilato …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • handout — {{/stl 13}}{{stl 7}}[wym. hendaut] {{/stl 7}}{{stl 8}}rz. mnż I, D. u, Mc. handoutoucie {{/stl 8}}{{stl 7}} pomocniczy tekst zawierający pewne informacje i materiały dotyczące treści wygłaszanego referatu, wykładu itp., rozdawany słuchaczom… …   Langenscheidt Polski wyjaśnień

  • handout — ► NOUN 1) an amount of money or other aid given to a needy person or organization. 2) a piece of printed information provided free of charge, especially to accompany a lecture …   English terms dictionary

  • handout — ☆ handout [hand′out΄ ] n. 1. a gift of food, clothing, etc., as to a beggar 2. a pamphlet, leaflet, etc. handed out as for publicity or information 3. NEWS RELEASE …   English World dictionary

  • handout — noun 1 food/money given to people who need it badly ADJECTIVE ▪ free ▪ government, state (esp. BrE) ▪ cash VERB + HANDOUT ▪ give (sb) …   Collocations dictionary

  • handout — [[t]hæ̱ndaʊt[/t]] handouts 1) N COUNT A handout is a gift of money, clothing, or food, which is given free to poor people. Soldiers oversee the food handouts... Each family is being given a cash handout of six thousand rupees. 2) N COUNT… …   English dictionary

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