grant
noun [C] /ɡrɑːnt/
/ɡrænt/ Definition
B1 an amount of money given especially by the government to a person or organization for a special purpose: a student/research grant a local authority/government grant [+ to infinitive] They gave/awarded her a grant to study abroad for one year.Grants and allowances
(Definition of grant noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- all expenses paid idiom
- bursary noun
- civil list noun
- discretionary adjective
- endowment noun
- expense account noun
- featherbed verb
- fellowship noun (EDUCATION)
- fringe benefit noun
- housekeeping (money) noun
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- on preposition (FINANCIAL SUPPORT)
- pension noun
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