ˈBand Aid trademark
an organization set up by Bob Geldof in 1984 to collect money for people dying of hunger in Ethiopia. This was done by getting many famous popular musicians to make a record together called Do They Know It's Christmas?, and by organizing the Live Aid concerts in London and Philadelphia.

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ˈBand-Aid noun [countable]

1. trademark especially American English a piece of thin material that is stuck to the skin to cover cuts and other small wounds Synonym : plaster British English

2. a Band-Aid solution to a problem is temporary and will not solve the problem – used to show disapproval:
This idea is criticized by some as a Band-Aid solution.

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a Band-Aid
[American]
a temporary solution to a problem, or something that seems to be a solution but has no real effect.
A few food and medical supplies were delivered to the region but it was little more than a Band-Aid.

[American]
a Band-Aid - a temporary solution to a problem, or something that seems to be a solution but has no real effect.
He criticized what he called 'the government's Band-Aid approach' to serious environmental issues.

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