financial assistance

financial assistance
   American
   state aid for the poor
   True as far as it goes, but it could as well be a loan, gift, or subsidy to the rich:
    'You're on welfare?' 'Financial assistance,' she said haughtily. (Sanders, 1985)

How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. . 2014.

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