Synonyms for hand-out
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : hand |
| Phonetic Transcription : hænd |
Top 10 synonyms for hand-out Other synonyms for the word hand-out
- additional compensation
- alms
- alms-giving
- assistance
- benefaction
- beneficence
- commission
- contribution
- dole
- fringe benefit
- frosting
- gifting
- golden parachute
- goody
- gravy
- hand
- hand-out
- helping hand
- honorarium
- ice
- largesse
- oblation
- offering
- plus
- premium
- prize
- relief
- reward
- special compensation
- tip
- write-off
Définition of hand-out
Origin :- also handout, hand out, "alms or food given to a beggar," 1882, hobo slang, from hand (v.) + out. Meaning "distributed printed informational matter" is from 1927.
- As in bonus : noun unexpected extra
- As in charity : noun generosity, gift
- “Not if he struck him for a hand-out,” muttered the slangy Tom.
- Extract from : « Ruth Fielding Down East » by Alice B. Emerson
- Hand-Out: a bundle of food handed out to a beggar at the back door.
- Extract from : « Tramping with Tramps » by Josiah Flynt
- A lunch had been served on the train early in the day, but that was only a "hand-out."
- Extract from : « Company G » by A. R. (Albert Rowe) Barlow
- I've never earned a hand-out with more dignified probity, sir.
- Extract from : « Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist » by Alexander Berkman
- He had, in the first place, come to our back door to beg a hand-out.
- Extract from : « Tramping on Life » by Harry Kemp
- The hand-out was a damn sight better'n th' rotten slush I get here.
- Extract from : « Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist » by Alexander Berkman
- He begged a hand-out from one of the small houses and hunted a place to spend the night.
- Extract from : « Philo Gubb Correspondence-School Detective » by Ellis Parker Butler
- He went from house to house begging a hand-out, but the residents were colder than the weather.
- Extract from : « Philo Gubb Correspondence-School Detective » by Ellis Parker Butler
- In this business ye got to cough up yer whole soul jus' to get a lump (hand-out).
- Extract from : « Notes of an Itinerant Policeman » by Josiah Flynt
- I'd a-hated your fine talk, an' your poetry, an' the thing about you that makes you hate to touch a guy for a hand-out.
- Extract from : « The Mucker » by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Antonyms for hand-out
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