public assistance

noun

: government aid to needy, aged, or disabled persons and to dependent children

Examples of public assistance in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

With looming Medicaid cuts and the state clawing back money for public assistance programs, local governments are facing more pressure to take up the responsibility to support low-income and uninsured residents. — Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 29 June 2026

These are people who were often previously drawing from public assistance, now on a career path leading them toward middle-class stability. — Barb Clapp, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026

The Fort Worth Police Department has put out a public assistance request to find victims of a robber who is believed to have stolen more than 10 phones since early June. — Mary Ella Hastings june 25, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 June 2026

Most of the medical costs are paid by Medicaid and other public assistance programs funded by American taxpayers. — David Michaels, Fortune, 21 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1884, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for public assistance

• coexistence
• nonexistence
• consistence
• desistance
• existence
• insistence
• persistence
• resistance
• subsistence
• distance
• magnetoresistance