Food Stamps — In 1939, the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation introduced a system than enabled people on relief to purchase stamps that could be used to buy surplus food stuffs. Introduced first in Rochester, New York, by 1940, 100 cities were included … Historical Dictionary of the Roosevelt–Truman Era
web\ food\ stamps — web only gift certificates; particularly those sent by amazon for 15% off your wishlist. I can t buy any books until I can get into my email to use the web food stamps amazon keeps sending me … Dictionary of american slang
web\ food\ stamps — web only gift certificates; particularly those sent by amazon for 15% off your wishlist. I can t buy any books until I can get into my email to use the web food stamps amazon keeps sending me … Dictionary of american slang
food stamp — food ,stamp or food ,coupon noun count AMERICAN a small piece of paper that is used to buy food, given to poor people by the U.S. government: go on food stamps (=receive them from the government): When my father lost his job, we had to go on food … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
food stamp — food stamps N COUNT: usu pl In the United States, food stamps are official vouchers that are given to people with low incomes to be exchanged for food … English dictionary
food stamp — UK / US or food coupon UK / US noun [countable] Word forms food stamp : singular food stamp plural food stamps American a small piece of paper that is used to buy food, given to poor people by the US government • See: food coupon … English dictionary
food stamp — ➔ stamp1 * * * food stamp UK US noun [C] US GOVERNMENT ► a small paper that is given by the US government to poor people and that can be used to buy food: »More than 200,000 retailers are authorized to accept food stamps for groceries … Financial and business terms
Deduction (food stamps) — For the food stamp program, Deductions are used to calculate a household’s monthly food stamp benefit. This calculation is done by subtracting a series of dollar deductions from the household’s total cash monthly income, so as to better reflect… … Wikipedia
Food Stamp Program — The US Food Stamp Program is a federal assistance program that provides food to low and no income people living in the United States. Benefits are distributed by the individual states, but the program is administered through the U.S. Department… … Wikipedia
food stamp — noun a government issued stamp that can be used in exchange for food • Hypernyms: ↑tender, ↑legal tender, ↑stamp * * * noun : a government issued stamp that is sold at little cost or given to low income persons and is redeemable for food * * *… … Useful english dictionary
Food stamp challenge — A food stamp challenge is a trend in the United States popularized by religious groups, community activists and food pantries in which a family of means chooses to purchase food using only the monetary equivalent of what a family that size would… … Wikipedia
