foreign aid
noun
1.
economic, technical, or military aid given by one nation to another for purposes of relief and rehabilitation, for economic stabilization, or for mutual defense.
Also called
aid
.
Origin
1955-60
Related forms
foreign-aid,
adjective
Examples from the web for
foreign aid
As floodwaters recede, thousands remain without food or shelter-though
foreign aid
is on its way.
It is up to any country to decide how much and what kind of
foreign aid
to give.
foreign aid
organizations don't operate out here unless they use local staff.
Those are some of the challenges of making
foreign aid
effective, and they can stand for many other examples.
Plans, strategies, and frameworks are favored activities in
foreign aid
-this is what aid bureaucracy does.
Unsurprisingly,
foreign aid
has once again become a political football in this year's primary season.
But when you ask them what they want to cut, the only program there is strong support for cutting is
foreign aid
.
Little in the way of pledged
foreign aid
, for example, ever manages to come through.
The results of
foreign aid
are too slow to satisfy the mind dominated by a sense of crisis.
The record of
foreign aid
in advancing economic development and reducing poverty in the poorest countries has been weak.
British Dictionary definitions for
foreign aid
foreign aid
noun
1.
economic and other assistance given by one country to another