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FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does financial assistance mean?
• FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE (noun)
The noun FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE has 1 sense:
1. gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause
Familiarity information: FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
aid; assistance; economic aid; economic assistance; financial aid; financial assistance
Context example:
economic assistance to depressed areas
Hypernyms ("financial assistance" is a kind of...):
gift (something acquired without compensation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "financial assistance"):
public assistance; social welfare; welfare (governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need)
philanthropic gift; philanthropy (voluntary promotion of human welfare)
scholarship (financial aid provided to a student on the basis of academic merit)
fellowship (money granted (by a university or foundation or other agency) for advanced study or research)
foreign aid (aid (such as economic or military assistance) provided to one nation by another)
grant (any monetary aid)
grant-in-aid (a grant to a person or school for some educational project)
traineeship (financial aid that enables you to get trained for a specified job)
Context examples
If you don't have insurance or need help with costs that aren't covered, financial assistance might be available.
(Financial Assistance, NIH)
A financial assistance mechanism through which money and/or direct assistance is provided to carry out approved activities.
(Grant, NCI Thesaurus)
You may send a check for something home or family-related, such as if you bought a new piece of furniture or rug, or maybe you are helping a parent who needs your financial assistance.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
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