GRANT-IN-AID (grants-in-aid)

Pronunciation (US):

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IPA (US):

Irregular inflected form: grants-in-aid   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does grant-in-aid mean? 

• GRANT-IN-AID (noun)
  The noun GRANT-IN-AID has 2 senses:

1. a grant from a central government to a local government

2. a grant to a person or school for some educational project

  Familiarity information: GRANT-IN-AID used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRANT-IN-AID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A grant from a central government to a local government

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("grant-in-aid" is a kind of...):

grant; subsidisation; subsidization (the act of providing a subsidy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A grant to a person or school for some educational project

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("grant-in-aid" is a kind of...):

aid; assistance; economic aid; economic assistance; financial aid; financial assistance (gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause)

grant (any monetary aid)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grant-in-aid"):

post doc; postdoc; postdoctoral (a grant that funds postdoctoral study or research)

 Context examples 

Stipends or grants-in-aid granted by foundations or institutions to individuals for study.

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