| 单词 |
grant-in-aid |
| 释义 |
grant-in-aid
[grant n.1 3 b.]
A sum granted, esp. by a government or institution, to a school, institution, scholar, etc. Also attrib.
1881Gladstone Sp. at Leeds 7 Oct., I am an enemy of the present system of what are called grants in aid. 1890G. B. Shaw Let. 26 Sept. (1965) 266 That the London Society shall make a grant-in-aid of {pstlg}15. 1899Youngson Punjab Mission xxiii. 196 From fees and Government grants, according to the grant-in-aid system, the schools are in some cases self-supporting. 1906Daily Chron. 21 May 7/4 Mr. Hart Davies suggests that in future there should be two kinds of schools—‘State’ schools and ‘grant-in-aid’ schools. 1941Ann. Reg. 1940 260 The grant-in-aid from the British Government..was almost doubled. 1946Nature 10 Aug. 208/2 It has been decided to adopt a scheme of senior research fellowships and grants-in-aid to operate over the next two years. 1955Times 30 June 17/3 The grant-in-aid of $8,000,000 in goods and services under the U.S.A./Jordan pact of June, 1954, has done much to encourage the realization of these various plans. 1959N. & Q. Dec. 448, I am indebted to the University of Alabama Research Committee for a grant-in-aid which has enabled me to carry on research at Harvard University. 1971Nature 12 Feb. 444/3 For the financial year 1970–71 the budget of the centre is {pstlg}975,000, of which {pstlg}589,000 is grant-in-aid. |
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