Definition of "grant-in-aid" []

• A giving of federal funds to a state or local government to subsidize a public project. (noun)
• A giving of funds to an institution or a person in order to subsidize a project or program. (noun)

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• "ACE announced today that it had agreed its implementation plan to reduce Arts Council England's grant-in-aid budget from £449m to £349m by 2015, as directed in the government's spending review."
• "However, a spokesman told Variety that this should still leave the organisation with some £14. 5m in grant-in-aid, once inflation had been taken into account."
• "Curatorial budgets are collapsing and recent cuts to grant-in-aid funding shows the dangers of over-reliance upon the state."