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    ECONOMIC AID

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Gift of money or other material help to support a person or causeplay

    Example:

    economic assistance to depressed areas

    Synonyms:

    aid; assistance; economic aid; economic assistance; financial aid; financial assistance

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

    Hypernyms ("economic aid" is a kind of...):

    gift (something acquired without compensation)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "economic aid"):

    public assistance; social welfare; welfare (governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need)

    philanthropic gift; philanthropy (voluntary promotion of human welfare)

    scholarship (financial aid provided to a student on the basis of academic merit)

    fellowship (money granted (by a university or foundation or other agency) for advanced study or research)

    foreign aid (aid (such as economic or military assistance) provided to one nation by another)

    grant (any monetary aid)

    grant-in-aid (a grant to a person or school for some educational project)

    traineeship (financial aid that enables you to get trained for a specified job)

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