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1. grant-in-aidnoun

   a grant from a central government to a local government

2. grant-in-aidnoun

   a grant to a person or school for some educational project

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1. grant-in-aidnoun

   The giving of national funds to subsidize a local or regional project.

2. grant-in-aidnoun

   Providing funds to an institution (such as a school) or person to subsidize a specific project or activity, such as a scholarship.

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1. Grant-in-aid

   A grant-in-aid is money coming from a central government for a specific project. Such funding is usually used when the government and the legislature decide that the recipient should be publicly funded but operate with reasonable independence from the state. In the United Kingdom, most bodies in receipt of grants-in-aid are non-departmental public bodies.A grant-in-aid has funds allocated by one level of government to another level of government that are to be used for specific purposes. Such funds are usually accompanied by requirements and standards set by the governing body for how they are to be spent. An example of this would be how the US Congress has required states to raise the drinking age for alcohol from 18 to 21 for the individual states to continue to qualify for federal funds for interstate highways within each state.

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1. grant-in-aid

   A grant-in-aid is a financial contribution provided by one governmental level to another, typically from the national government to state or local entities. These funds are often allocated for specific projects or programs such as education, healthcare or infrastructure, and may carry conditions or requirements for their use.

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1. Grant-in-aid

   A grant-in-aid is money coming from central government for a specific project. This kind of funding is usually used when the government and parliament have decided that the recipient should be publicly funded but operate with reasonable independence from the state. In the United Kingdom, most bodies in receipt of grants-in-aid are non-departmental public bodies. A grant-in-aid is funds allocated by one level of government to another level of government to be used for specific purposes. Such funds are usually accompanied by requirements and standards set by the governing body for how they are to be spent. An example of this would be how the United States Congress required states to raise the drinking age for alcohol from 18 to 21 in order for the individual states to continue to qualify for federal funds for interstate highways located within each state.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of grant-in-aid in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of grant-in-aid in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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1. ^ Princeton's WordNethttp://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=grant-in-aid
2. ^ Wiktionaryhttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Grant-in-Aid
3. ^ Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant-in-Aid
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5. ^ Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=grant-in-aid

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