grant-in-aid
Americannoun
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grants-in-aid
plural
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a subsidy furnished by a central government to a local one to help finance a public project, as the construction of a highway or school.
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a financial subsidy given to an individual or institution for research, educational, or cultural purposes.
noun
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a sum of money granted by one government to a lower level of government or to a dependency for a programme, etc
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education a grant provided by the central government or local education authority to ensure consistent standards in buildings and other facilities
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Etymology
Origin of grant-in-aid
First recorded in 1880–85
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This work was supported by grant-in-aid for Scientific Research 15H05724, 21K18547, and 22H02941 to SO.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 9, 2024
The amount owed to each athlete would be the half of the sport’s total revenue minus the team’s total student grant-in-aid package divided by the number of players.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2022
Coach Kevin Willard announced Thursday that Smith had signed a grant-in-aid offer.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 26, 2021
The final part of Carney’s proposed budget package is $55 million in grant funding for nonprofit organizations, community groups and volunteer fire companies, an amount equal to the current grant-in-aid budget.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 31, 2020
Under the grant-in-aid system missionaries are allowed full liberty in giving Christian instruction to their pupils.
From Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 by James Kennedy
In effect, grants-in-aid blur the division-of-powers line in the federal system.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2016
Beyond the athletic department, it can appear in the general revenue fund as a transfer for grants-in-aid or be embedded in any number of intra-university transactions between athletic accounts and other accounts.
From Slate ● Jan. 6, 2014
As noted, the financing of higher education — the great equalizer — has been shifted dramatically from grants-in-aid and cheap public universities to high tuitions and burdensome student loans.
From Salon ● May 5, 2013
Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 not only launched the system of federal grants-in-aid in low-income schools, it was also a central part of the president’s War on Poverty.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 21, 2011
A decade later the right of Congress to impose conditions upon grants-in-aid over the objection of a State was squarely presented in Oklahoma v.
From The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 by Edward Samuel Corwin
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