block grants

noun

plural of block grant
as in grants

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  1. grants
  2. subsidies
  3. aids
  4. annuities
  5. entitlements
  6. allocations
Noun
  • Private student loans are a common pay to pay for what savings, federal loans, scholarships and grants don’t cover.
    — Faith Wakefield, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2026
  • His allies in the legal community especially recalled his work on behalf of the mentally ill through the Broward Behavioral Health Coalition, or BBHC, which manages state and federal grants for substance abuse and mental health programs.
    — Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of grants
Noun
  • Jeffries vowed to reverse cuts to Medicaid and Affordable Care Act subsidies should Democrats retake the House majority in November.
    — Kiara Moore, The Washington Examiner, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The state is often not an effective allocator of capital; in recent years, driven by government subsidies and centralised production goals, supply has massively outpaced demand in the real estate and green tech sectors.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of subsidies
Noun
  • The Hummer’s tech aids in overcoming obstacles created by its massive size.
    — Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 12 Aug. 2026
  • People are reaching for aids years earlier, and staying in work as a result.
    — Keely Cat-Wells, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of aids
Noun
  • Use Form 1099-R to report distributions from retirement plans, pensions, annuities, and individual retirement accounts (IRAs).
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Other types of annuities could work as well, according to Warshawsky.
    — Lorie Konish, CNBC, 29 July 2026
Definition of annuities
Noun
  • In a Microsoft Fabric and Power BI estate, OneLake security, sensitivity labels and row-level security let entitlements travel with the data rather than depending on each AI front end to behave.
    — Leon Gordon, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Matt Tapp, director of acquisitions and entitlements at Griffin Riley, said Monday that the project represents several years of close collaboration with city officials.
    — Ilana Arougheti July 10, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
Definition of entitlements
Noun
  • Parents at venture firms can also donate money or direct small portions of their personal investment allocations in deals to the school.
    — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Apple remains tethered to a September launch cadence because altering the timeline would destabilize TSMC silicon allocations, inflate pre-holiday cargo shipping costs, and disrupt carrier contract renewal cycles.
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of allocations
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