financial aid
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of financial aid
First recorded in 1770–80, for an earlier sense
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
She wants to make student services easier to navigate and to strengthen financial aid and other support, including for food, housing, child care and mental health.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Once the fake students were enrolled, Mogambi allegedly diverted their financial aid payments to himself, keeping 30% and sending the remainder to his associates in Kenya.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
The government also vowed to adjust student financial aid for inflation and by 2028 scrap Parcoursup, a centralized platform that manages college applications and that students say is too stressful and opaque.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
It also vowed to adjust student financial aid for inflation and by 2028 scrap a controversial college application platform.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
If anyone ever did attempt to go to college, it’s because they hoped to get the financial aid money.
From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
