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单词 food stamp
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Definition of food stamp in English:

food stamp

noun
  • (in the US) a voucher issued cheaply by the state to those on low income and exchangeable for food.

    (美国)(政府低价供给低收入者的)食品券

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She's urging the state to require customer service jobs for food stamp recipients be located in the state of Wisconsin.
    • That's an increase of six million hungry people since the 1996 welfare reform, with its massive cuts in food stamp programs.
    • Such was the case despite the scope of the federal food stamp arid school lunch programs.
    • I heard a food stamp recipient say he was only getting back what he had paid in taxes.
    • As the recession deepened, food stamp and welfare rolls began to rise in most US states.
    • As Congress haggles over food stamp cuts, soup kitchens fear longer lines.
    • The federal food stamp ban places an unequal burden on the poor, people of color, and individuals with children.
    • Only recently have immigrant adults and all legal immigrant children under the age of 18 become eligible for food stamp benefits in California.
    • It's very dehumanizing to have to go and beg for food, you know; and then they want to ask you, ‘Can I see your food stamp card?’
    • This week in Texas, authorities were soon overwhelmed by food stamp applications - 26,000 in four days.
    • And as we reported earlier this month, the overseas outsourcing of work even extends to the U.S. government's food stamp program.
    • Forty states already rely on overseas help desks for their food stamp recipients.
    • In the food stamp program, for instance, an additional $100 of income reduces benefits by $24.
    • But food stamp use fell off 40 percent after 1994, although fewer families were receiving welfare and more had joined the ranks of the working poor.
    • In Maryland, food stamp recipients don't actually get ‘stamps’ anymore.
    • The bipartisan Hunger Relief Act would remove some outdated and unreasonable barriers to the food stamp program.
    • For example, Section 32 financed a pilot food stamp program for several years in the early 1940s.
    • More than 1.1 million New Yorkers had food stamp benefits reduced or eliminated.
    • The US grows 40 percent more food than it needs, but hunger is widespread and 26 million people in America rely on food stamp assistance.
    • The budget decrease in the USDA budget includes cuts to food stamp payments and farm subsidy payments.

Definition of food stamp in US English:

food stamp

nounˈfo͞od ˌstampˈfud ˌstæmp
  • A voucher issued by the government to those on low income, exchangeable for food.

    (美国)(政府低价供给低收入者的)食品券

    Example sentencesExamples
    • More than 1.1 million New Yorkers had food stamp benefits reduced or eliminated.
    • It's very dehumanizing to have to go and beg for food, you know; and then they want to ask you, ‘Can I see your food stamp card?’
    • I heard a food stamp recipient say he was only getting back what he had paid in taxes.
    • Forty states already rely on overseas help desks for their food stamp recipients.
    • But food stamp use fell off 40 percent after 1994, although fewer families were receiving welfare and more had joined the ranks of the working poor.
    • The budget decrease in the USDA budget includes cuts to food stamp payments and farm subsidy payments.
    • As Congress haggles over food stamp cuts, soup kitchens fear longer lines.
    • She's urging the state to require customer service jobs for food stamp recipients be located in the state of Wisconsin.
    • In the food stamp program, for instance, an additional $100 of income reduces benefits by $24.
    • The bipartisan Hunger Relief Act would remove some outdated and unreasonable barriers to the food stamp program.
    • And as we reported earlier this month, the overseas outsourcing of work even extends to the U.S. government's food stamp program.
    • The US grows 40 percent more food than it needs, but hunger is widespread and 26 million people in America rely on food stamp assistance.
    • Only recently have immigrant adults and all legal immigrant children under the age of 18 become eligible for food stamp benefits in California.
    • This week in Texas, authorities were soon overwhelmed by food stamp applications - 26,000 in four days.
    • That's an increase of six million hungry people since the 1996 welfare reform, with its massive cuts in food stamp programs.
    • Such was the case despite the scope of the federal food stamp arid school lunch programs.
    • For example, Section 32 financed a pilot food stamp program for several years in the early 1940s.
    • In Maryland, food stamp recipients don't actually get ‘stamps’ anymore.
    • As the recession deepened, food stamp and welfare rolls began to rise in most US states.
    • The federal food stamp ban places an unequal burden on the poor, people of color, and individuals with children.
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