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food stamps

food stamps is the plural of food stamp.

Meaning of food stamp

Noun

food stamp (plural food stamps)

  1. A stamp or similar paper document (e.g. coupon) issued to be exchanged in shops or storage facilities for food, or (by extension) for other essential provisions, notably in a rationing system or as a non-financial form of welfare benefit.
    • The authorities claim they turned from unemployment checks to food stamps to avoid alcoholics wasting their families' allowances in pubs.

Questions about food stamps

What is food stamps the plural of?
Food stamps is the plural of food stamp.

Words near food stamps in the dictionary

  1. food service
  2. food shop
  3. food shops
  4. food sovereignty
  5. food stamp
  6. food stamps
  7. food steamer
  8. food steamers
  9. food street
  10. food streets
  11. food styling

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