handout

noun

1. An act of handing out something.
2. (US, archaic, rare)An act of handing out something.
3. A printed sheet such as a leaflet or pamphlet, or a worksheet, that is given out free of charge (usually by hand) for a certain use, for example as an advertisement or for information.

   “Therefore, it is often recommended that the framework or outline for a lecture be provided to students on the chalkboard or in a handout so they can more easily follow the logic as the lecture progresses.”

4. A printed sheet such as a leaflet or pamphlet, or a worksheet, that is given out free of charge (usually by hand) for a certain use, for example as an advertisement or for information.
5. (derogatory, informal, often)A gift of money or material assistance to the needy or poor.

   “We ain't runnin' no day nursery. These you see here is all the real thing. Maybe we asks fer a handout now and then; but that ain't our reg'lar lay.”

   “They dropped old Henry at Tarpin, where he soon drank up all his wages. When Rapp picked him up there, he was living on hand-outs.”

   “You're just looking for a handout like every other—are you employed, Mr. Lebowski?”

   “A woman, dressed in simple and worn clothes, holding a very young and rather dirty looking baby, was seeking a handout.”

   “With mounting pressure as households face a financial squeeze, the foreign secretary rejected handouts and insisted on tax cuts costing more than £30bn as the country spirals towards a recession. "Of course I will look at what more can be done," [Liz] Truss told the Financial Times. "But the way I would do things is in a Conservative way of lowering the tax burden, not giving out handouts."”

6. (broadly, derogatory, informal, often)A gift of money or material assistance to the needy or poor.

   “They [Manchester United] had contributed heavily to their own downfall, most glaringly with the senselessness of Chris Smalling's red card, and they should know by now that Manuel Pellegrini's team are not the kind of opponents to pass up these kind of handouts.”

adj

1. (not-comparable)Of a thing: given out free of charge, usually by hand.
2. (not-comparable)Of or pertaining to the giving of handouts (gifts of money or material assistance, printed sheets, etc.).