grant-in-aid

noun

The giving of national funds to subsidize a local or regional project.

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Meanings

noungrant-in-aid (plural grants-in-aid)

plural grants-in-aid

  1. The giving of national funds to subsidize a local or regional project.
  2. Providing funds to an institution (such as a school) or person to subsidize a specific project or activity, such as a scholarship.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 國家補助 /国家补助, 贊助資金 /赞助资金
  • 國家補助 /国家补助 (guójiā bǔzhù)giving of national funds
  • 贊助資金 /赞助资金 (zànzhù zījīn)providing funds to an institution
Finnish valtionapu, koulutusavustus
  • valtionapugiving of national funds
  • koulutusavustusproviding funds to an institution
German Subvention, Zuschuss
  • Subventiongiving of national funds
  • Zuschussproviding funds to an institution
  • Fördermittelproviding funds to an institution
Polish dotacja, dofinansowanie
  • dotacjagiving of national funds
  • dofinansowanieproviding funds to an institution
Portuguese subvenção do estado, auxílio do estado
  • subvenção do estadogiving of national funds
  • auxílio do estadogiving of national funds
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APA

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Chicago

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