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handout

 noun
     
hand‧out [countable]
1 money or goods that are given to someone, for example because they are poor:
people who have to live on handouts from the state
a cash handout
2 a piece of paper with information, which is given to people who are attending a lesson, meeting etc:
Please read the handout.
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