food stamp

noun

: a government-issued coupon that is sold at little cost or given to low-income persons and is redeemable for food

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Beyond healthcare, food stamps are also expected to get hit by the funding lapse if a deal isn’t reached by the start of next month. David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 20 Oct. 2025 The headlines bled trauma — shootout at social services and no suspects yet in the Pimlico Five executions and grocers in city county cited for food stamp violations. Jeff Pearlman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025 Decades later, in 2017, the Justice Department charged Saleh and a dozen others as part of a scheme that exchanged food stamp benefits for cash. Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025 More than 600,000 Coloradans receive SNAP benefits, commonly referred to as food stamps. Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 16 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for food stamp

Word History

First Known Use

1939, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of food stamp was in 1939

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“Food stamp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/food%20stamp. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

Kids Definition

food stamp

noun
: a coupon issued by the government that is given to poor people to be exchanged for food
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