Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

handout

handout , noun

1.
money or an object given in or as in a charitable gesture; -- also used of government disbursements to individuals for welfare; as, government hand-outs to welfare clients.
2.
a printed circular distributed gratis, usually for political or advertising purposes.
3.
a printed statement distributed, usually to the news media.

Also: hand-out