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Grant-in-aid (Noun)

A grant from a central government to a local government.

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

The central government allocated a grant-in-aid of £10 million to support the local authority's housing development project.
As a grant-in-aid, the local council received £5 million from the national government for the construction of a new community center.
The central government offered a grant-in-aid of £8 million to help the local government implement its waste management program.
To alleviate financial burdens, the local government received a grant-in-aid from the central government for upgrading the town's streetlights.
Each year, the local government receives a significant grant-in-aid from the central government to support its public transportation services.

A grant to a person or school for some educational project.

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession.

The school was awarded a grant-in-aid to support the development of its computer lab for underprivileged students.
A grant-in-aid from the government allowed the university to launch its community outreach program focused on literacy.
The organization provided a grant-in-aid to the research team working on a project to identify new learning disabilities.
She was selected for a grant-in-aid to fund her dissertation on teaching in under-resourced areas.
The education ministry approved a grant-in-aid to sponsor a nationwide competition for student innovation in science and technology.