handout
n.a piece of paper with information or instructions that you give to a group of people. It is also a slang word for giving someone money or drugs for free.
n.a printed sheet of information or instructions distributed to a group; also, a slang term for the act of providing money or drugs without charge.
“The teacher gave us a handout before the test.”
“The charity provides a handout to every family in the neighborhood during the winter months.”
“While the official handout was meant to clarify the new policy, many employees found the language too technical to understand without further explanation.”
“This handout image released by the National Park Service shows a storm system moving across the North Rim of Grand Canyon national park on 29 August.”
“I wrote my first book as a handout to go with the first television series I wrote and presented on my own – Don’t Die Young on BBC Two.”
Deverbal from hand out.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.