Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A US Army discharge based on military assessment of psychological unfitness or character traits deemed undesirable.
- noun Slang A soldier given such a discharge or behaving as if deserving such a discharge.
- noun A federally funded program in the United States that subsidizes the rent of low-income tenants.
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- noun a discharge from the US Army based on unfitness or character traits deemed undesirable
- noun a soldier who received a Section Eight discharge as unfit for military service
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Section VIII, of World War II US Army Regulation 615–360, which provided for the discharge of those deemed unfit for military service.]
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Section VIII, of the United States Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, which authorized it.]
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With Soderbergh, formed Section Eight, a production company
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