food stamp
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Noun edit
food stamp (plural food stamps)
- A stamp or similar paper document (e.g. coupon) issued to be exchanged in shops or storage facilities for food, or (by extension) for other essential provisions, notably in a rationing system or as a non-financial form of welfare benefit.
- The authorities claim they turned from unemployment checks to food stamps to avoid alcoholics wasting their families' allowances in pubs.
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stamp or similar issued to be exchanged for food, or other essential provisions
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Further reading edit
- “food stamp”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “food stamp”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “food stamp”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “food stamp”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.