"grant-in-aid" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: grants-in-aid [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|grants-in-aid}} grant-in-aid (plural grants-in-aid)
  1. The giving of national funds to subsidize a local or regional project. Translations (giving of national funds): valtionapu (Finnish), Subvention [feminine] (German), dotacja [feminine] (Polish), subvenção do estado [feminine] (Portuguese), auxílio do estado [masculine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-grant-in-aid-en-noun-YncvjL7b Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'giving of national funds': 84 16
  2. Providing funds to an institution (such as a school) or person to subsidize a specific project or activity, such as a scholarship. Categories (topical): Education, Money, Philanthropy Translations (providing funds to an institution): koulutusavustus (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-grant-in-aid-en-noun-2T6SORI2 Disambiguation of Education: 0 100 Disambiguation of Money: 30 70 Disambiguation of Philanthropy: 25 75 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 36 64 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 37 63 Disambiguation of 'providing funds to an institution': 12 88

Inflected forms

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