What does "foreign aid" mean?

A voluntary transfer of resources from one country to another.

Foreign aid

Common synonyms include: development aid, development assistance, external aid, external assistance, foreign assistance, international aid.

noun

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Noun

1
A voluntary transfer of resources from one country to another. countable, uncountable
"Then the Republican-controlled Congress maintained foreign aid at $35bn, as in 2017, with funding for health and food largely unchanged."
2
aid (such as economic or military assistance) provided to one nation by another wordnet

"Then the Republican-controlled Congress maintained foreign aid at $35bn, as in 2017, with funding for health and food largely unchanged."