BLOCK GRANT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A grant of federal money to state and local governments to support social welfare programs

Example:

block grants reduce federal responsibility for social welfare

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("block grant" is a kind of...):

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

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