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    GRANT-IN-AID

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected form: grants-in-aid  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A grant from a central government to a local governmentplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("grant-in-aid" is a kind of...):

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

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A grant to a person or school for some educational projectplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

    Hypernyms ("grant-in-aid" is a kind of...):

    aid; assistance; economic aid; economic assistance; financial aid; financial assistance (gift of money or other material help to support a person or cause)

    grant (any monetary aid)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grant-in-aid"):

    post doc; postdoc; postdoctoral (a grant that funds postdoctoral study or research)

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