Thesaurus results for GRANT-IN-AID

grant-in-aid

noun

Definition of grant-in-aid

as in assistance

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Recent Examples of grant-in-aid That market consists of not only grants-in-aid, but also the opportunity to share in school revenue and sign NIL deals. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 1 Jan. 2026 Starting in 2014, power-conference schools could provide scholarships up to the full cost of attendance beyond the traditional grant-in-aid. — Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2025 That makes the laundering of regulation through subsidies, grants, contracts and state grants-in-aid a major concern. — Clyde Wayne Crews Jr, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025 The elimination of all initial grants-in-aid and recruiting activities in the sport involved in the latest major violation in question for a two-year period. — Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 6 Dec. 2024 Up until now, licensing and NIL rights have not been part of the grant-in-aid agreements athletes enter into with universities. — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019

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And those striving for zest under these circumstances may benefit from assistance from a mental health professional like a psychologist, a physical health provider like a physician, or a personal trainer or fitness instructor.

— Joan M. Cook, Time, 17 Oct. 2026
The government plans to support participating companies through loan guarantees and assistance with administrative requirements.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of assistance

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Ossoff last year also pressed Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin for canceling public health and environmental grants.

— Maydeen Merino, The Washington Examiner, 15 Oct. 2026
Floated earlier this year, a separate bid to have political appointees—rather than independent expert panels—decide grant recipients garnered significant backlash.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of grant

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Major disaster aid includes individual assistance, such as temporary housing, loans and repair grants, that disaster survivors need quickly to recover.

— Dana R. Fisher, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026
And there is the profiteering from death — the talk of resorts on the shores of Gaza, the government money saved by Elon Musk cutting off aid to starving children.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of aid

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So far, anti-AI legislation has taken the form of blocking subsidies for AI data centers.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
The talks come as Paz faces protests over his decision to scrap fuel subsidies in a country that once exported natural gas to its neighbors but now struggles with fuel shortages and declining hydrocarbon production.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of subsidy

Noun

Stone landed a $440,000 grant as part of a block grant from the California Department of Food and Agriculture, which is in turn funded by the USDA as part of the Farm Bill.

— Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Both floated other ideas like reforming the child tax credit, which is not a block grant and thus would not have the demand problem that the existing childcare subsidy program already has.

— Helen Huiskes, The Hill, 9 Sep. 2026

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