Definitions for grant-in-aid

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grant-in-aid grant-in-aid

Spelling: [grant-in-eyd, grahnt-]

IPA: /ˈgrænt ɪnˈeɪd, ˈgrɑnt-/

Grant-In-Aid is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 322 anagrams from letters in grant-in-aid (--aadgiinnrt).

Definitions for grant-in-aid

noun

1. 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.
2. a financial subsidy given to an individual or institution for research, educational, or cultural purposes.

Origin of grant-in-aid

First recorded in 1880-85

Examples for grant-in-aid

Towards this expense the British government gave a grant-in-aid of 800,000, and the balance was borne by the Egyptian treasury.

Initial deficit to be supplied by a grant-in-aid, diminishing annually and terminable in a short period, say, seven years.

Later on the grant-in-aid rules in force in the lower province were introduced.

The colonial government pays rates on its property and also gives a grant-in-aid towards the upkeep of the streets.

It is quite certain that not the smallest odium would attach to the acceptance of a Liberal grant-in-aid.

grant-in-aid programs will be improved and simplified as desired by many of our local administrators and our Governors.

There is no public debt, the annual deficiency being made good by a grant-in-aid from the imperial exchequer.

Under the grant-in-aid system missionaries are allowed full liberty in giving Christian instruction to their pupils.