food stamp

English

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.

Derived terms

• yuppie food stamp

 

Related terms

• electronic benefit transfer
• ration card
• ration stamp
• ration coupon
• revenue stamp
• yuppie food stamp

Translations

stamp or similar issued to be exchanged for food, or other essential provisions

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 食品券 (shípǐnquàn), (as used for a time in the PRC) 糧票／粮票 (zh) (liángpiào)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: ruokakuponki (fi), elintarvikekortti
• French: coupon alimentaire m
• German: Essensmarke (de) f
• Hungarian: élelmiszerjegy (hu)
• Polish: kartka żywnościowa f
• Portuguese: auxílio-alimentacão m

Further reading

• “food stamp”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “food stamp”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “food stamp”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “food stamp”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.