press handout
1handout — 1. American a bribe Originally, food and clothing given to the poor, whence money regularly paid to alleviate poverty by the state and any payment for which there appears to be no consideration: Six weeks suspension and six weeks at… …
2press release — noun an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation • Syn: ↑handout, ↑release • Hypernyms: ↑announcement, ↑promulgation * * * noun, pl ⋯ leases [count] : an official statement that gives …
3handout — noun 1. an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation • Syn: ↑press release, ↑release • Hypernyms: ↑announcement, ↑promulgation 2. giving money or food or clothing to a needy person • …
4handout — /hand owt /, n. Informal. 1. a portion of food or the like given to a needy person, as a beggar. 2. See press release. 3. any printed, typed, mimeographed, or photocopied copy of information, as a speech, policy statement, or fact sheet given to… …
5handout — Synonyms and related words: account, acquaintance, alms, alms fee, announcement, blue book, briefing, bulletin, charity, collection, communication, communique, contribution, data, datum, directory, dispatch, dole, donation, donative,… …
6handout — n. donation; announcement to the press; news release; printed matter …
7handout — n 1. alms, charity, dole. 2. press release, release, bulletin, notice; public relations release, promotional material, Inf. literature; leaflet, handbill, folder, U.S. flyer, bill, throwaway, circular, broadside. 3. free sample, Sl. freebie; free …
8handout — hand•out [[t]ˈhændˌaʊt[/t]] n. 1) inf a portion of food or the like given to a needy person, as a beggar 2) inf a press release 3) cvb inf any copy of a speech, fact sheet, etc., distributed at a meeting 4) inf anything given away for nothing, as …
9rathole — n a disgusting, squalid place. A fashiona ble expression of distaste in the later 1980s. In 1987 the college lecturers union NATFHE condemned Thatcher s rathole Britain in a press handout …
10rat-hole — n a disgusting, squalid place. A fashiona ble expression of distaste in the later 1980s. In 1987 the college lecturers union NATFHE condemned Thatcher s rathole Britain in a press handout …
