grant-in-aid
1
5.8
- noun
- /ɡrænt ɪn eɪd/
- Specialized
:
subvención
- The local school received a grant-in-aid to improve its facilities and provide better resources for students.
- grant-in-aid program
Examples
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Also, this factor is likely magnified among college athletes with low family incomes, many of whom may not be able to attend the institution without the financial backing of a partial or full tuition grant-in-aid.
Academic text (2008) -
Consequently, federal grants-in-aid were deducted from the appropriate categories of state and local spending.
Blog text (21) -
This might include scholarships, grants-in-aid, and participation.
Academic text (2006) -
First, some $408 billion in state and local spending is financed by grants-in-aid from the federal government.
Blog text (21) -
Available grant-in-aid has not offset relative declines in federal grants, nor has total aid increased as fast as the cost of attendance increased.
Academic text (2006) -
The cost of athletic grant-in-aids has been increasing at more than twice the inflation rate; the United States Department of Education estimates that public university tuition could rise as much as 80% in the next decade.
Academic text (1990) -
It was essentially a grant-in-aid program, which involved no federal coercion and would allow each state, through its elected legislature, to decide whether to participate.
Academic text (1999) -
They said if I was accepted, I would have the opportunity to try out for the track and cross-country teams and perhaps win a grant-in-aid as a walk-on.
Academic text (2009) -
This work was supported by a grant-in-aid from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and for Research on Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan.
Academic text (2012) -
I take the point about the eighty-seven branch libraries, but for comparison, the British Library has an operating budget of 138 million and no endowment to speak of; most of its money comes from government grant-in-aid.
Blog text (20)
Synonyms
670
2.6
Money that an organization or government gives for a project
324
3.5
Money given by a government or group for a specific purpose without payback
55
2.6
Money or support that helps people pay for school and living costs
How Much
- Formal
67
6.5
- Formal
30
4.0
670
2.6
- Specialized
1
5.8
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
grant-in-aid = grant + aid (semi-transparent) = in + grant + aid
The phrase clearly suggests a grant given as support, but its fixed institutional meaning as a designated subsidy for a specific purpose is somewhat more specialized than the literal parts alone. [Postprocessing: moved 'in' from base_words to prefix]
Etymology
Grant-in-aid comes from the words grant, meaning 'to give', and aid, meaning 'help', so it literally means money 'given' to 'help' someone or a project. That's why a grant-in-aid is money awarded for a specific purpose, like helping a school or local project.