foreign aid

noun

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

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Internationally, the Trump Administration’s freeze on foreign aid halted reproductive health care services for millions of people. Chantelle Lee, Time, 30 Apr. 2025 On the first day of his second term, Trump issued executive orders to withdraw from the UN Paris climate accord and the World Health Organization and imposed a 90-day pause on all delivery of U.S. foreign aid. Ngaire Woods, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025 The administration has restructured and eliminated certain divisions, including essentially shuttering the foreign aid agency dedicated to humanitarian and development work, United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Apr. 2025 Secretary of State Marco Rubio temporarily halted most foreign aid grants in January, and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), which carried out much of the work to provide PEPFAR aid, has largely been dissolved. Orion Rummler, Them., 18 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for foreign aid

Word History

First Known Use

1548, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of foreign aid was in 1548

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“Foreign aid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foreign%20aid. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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