foreign aid

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

economic assistance development aid outside support foreign help outside assistance aid from outside aid from the outside assistance from the outside foreign support outside aid external help help from outside international support help from the outside external support

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Antonyms

inner help inside assistance inward help aid from inside assistance from the inside help from inside

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Hypernyms

aid assistance financial aid financial assistance economic assistance economic aid

Examples

In this financial year we will be spending at least $1.5 billion on foreign aid and we cannot be sure that this money will be properly spent, as corruption and mismanagement in many of the recipient countries are legend. Pauline Hanson

Foreign aid goes from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries. Rand Paul

Foreign aid is neither a failure nor a panacea. It is, instead, an important tool of American policy that can serve the interests of the United States and the world if wisely administered. Lee H. Hamilton

Gifts can be dangerous and make a nation dependent on foreign aid. They can scuttle dairy development here. Verghese Kurien

One of the most ridiculous defenses of foreign aid is that it is a very small part of our national income. If the average American set fire to a five-dollar bill, it would be an even smaller percentage of his annual income. But everyone would consider him foolish for doing it. Thomas Sowell

There is a profound contrast between the effects of foreign aid and of voluntary private investment: foreign aid goes from government to government. It is therefore almost inevitably statist and socialistic. Henry Hazlitt

Close letter words and terms

Foreign Affairs Minister foreign affairs policy foreign agent Foreign and Commonwealth Office foreign area foreign army