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What is "hand-out"

The Collaborative International Dictionary
hand-out

handout \hand"out\, hand-out \hand"-out\n.

  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.

  2. a printed circular distributed gratis, usually for political or advertising purposes.

  3. a printed statement distributed, usually to the news media.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
hand-out

also handout, hand out, "alms or food given to a beggar," 1882, hobo slang, from hand (v.) + out. Meaning "distributed printed informational matter" is from 1927.

Usage examples of "hand-out".

She pushed her around the streets to the local park in a thirdhand stroller given to her by Ranier House, and she fed her and bathed her and dressed her up in the free hand-out clothes, as if she were a little doll.