food stamps
government issued food vouchers
TRANSLATION
food stamps = Lebensmittelmarken food stamps = ein vom Staat ausgegebenes Dokument zur Bescheinigung, dass der Besitzer ein bestimmtes Lebensmittel in einer bestimmten Menge kaufen darf --- GOOGLE INDEX food stamps: approximately 8,300,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
People on FOOD STAMPS Make Healthier Grocery Decisions Than Most of Us
(Mother Jones news portal)
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House Republicans are laying the groundwork for a revision of the FOOD STAMP program after its sharp expansion during the recession.
(Wall Street Journal)
(Mother Jones news portal)
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House Republicans are laying the groundwork for a revision of the FOOD STAMP program after its sharp expansion during the recession.
(Wall Street Journal)
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OWAD
noun
- a piece of paper that is given to poor people by the government and with which they can then buy food
(Cambridge Dictionary)
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Until 2013, Great Britain operated a national social fund that gave small emergency loans to poor people to help them through short-term crises. The fund was abolished and replaced with a food stamp program similar to what the United States has operated since the 1960s.
The term stamps stems from the US program, which at first used paper coupons bound into booklets of various denominations that could be torn out individually like postage stamps. The rectangular shape resembled a US dollar bill (although about 1/2 the size), including printing on high-quality paper with watermarks.
In the late 1990s, the food stamp program was modified, with some states phasing out actual stamps in favour of a specialized debit card system known as electronic benefit transfer (EBT), provided by private contractors.
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Food stamps cannot be used to buy things like alcohol and tobacco."
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Thanks to Volker for suggesting today's word!
noun
- a piece of paper that is given to poor people by the government and with which they can then buy food
(Cambridge Dictionary)
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Until 2013, Great Britain operated a national social fund that gave small emergency loans to poor people to help them through short-term crises. The fund was abolished and replaced with a food stamp program similar to what the United States has operated since the 1960s.
The term stamps stems from the US program, which at first used paper coupons bound into booklets of various denominations that could be torn out individually like postage stamps. The rectangular shape resembled a US dollar bill (although about 1/2 the size), including printing on high-quality paper with watermarks.
In the late 1990s, the food stamp program was modified, with some states phasing out actual stamps in favour of a specialized debit card system known as electronic benefit transfer (EBT), provided by private contractors.
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Food stamps cannot be used to buy things like alcohol and tobacco."
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Thanks to Volker for suggesting today's word!
