capital grant
noun [C]Definition
› GOVERNMENT, FINANCE a sum of money given by a government to an organization to buy buildings, land, equipment, etc., or to make improvements to them: Ministers have decided that rail expansion must be supported by capital grants rather than through access charges.
(Definition of capital grant noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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