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public assistance
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public assistance
(noun)
public assistance
noun
public assistance
noun
Britannica Dictionary definition of PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
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US
:
money that the government gives to people who are poor, old, or disabled
Our family had to
go on public assistance
[=receive money from the government] when my parents lost their jobs.
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