foreign aid

noun

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

Examples of foreign aid in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Groups like Poy’s that rely on foreign aid are struggling as donors shift funding for humanitarian demining toward active conflicts in Ukraine, Gaza and Sudan, and to more recent wars, like in Syria and Afghanistan. — ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026

Before 2021, foreign aid financed roughly three-quarters of public expenditures. — Kara Fox, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2026

For decades, these countries have subsisted on a lean diet of foreign aid from major donor governments and the United Nations, the World Bank, and other multilateral institutions. — Eghosa E. Osaghae, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2026

Still, the billions of taxpayer dollars Congress has allocated for foreign aid programs must be spent; lawmakers have insisted the government continue to fund humanitarian aid, global health and pro-democracy causes around the world. — Anna Maria Barry-Jester, ProPublica, 7 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1548, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for foreign aid

• accolade
• ambuscade
• antegrade
• balustrade
• barricade
• cannonade
• cavalcade
• centigrade
• chambermaid
• colonnade
• countertrade
• disobeyed