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