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grants-in-aid

Grants-in-aid
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [grants, grahnts in eyd]
    • /grænts, grɑnts ɪn eɪd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [grants, grahnts in eyd]
    • /grænts, grɑnts ɪn eɪd/

Definitions of grants-in-aid word

  • noun plural grants-in-aid a subsidy furnished by a central government to a local one to help finance a public project, as the construction of a highway or school. 1
  • noun plural grants-in-aid a financial subsidy given to an individual or institution for research, educational, or cultural purposes. 1

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Origin of grants-in-aid

First appearance:

before 1880
One of the 23% newest English words
First recorded in 1880-85

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Parts of speech for Grants-in-aid

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

grants-in-aid popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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