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The giving of national funds to subsidize a local or regional project.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Providing funds to an institution (such as a school) or person to subsidize a specific project or activity, such as a scholarship.
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a grant from a central government to a local government
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: grant, subsidization, subsidisation
a grant to a person or school for some educational project
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: aid, economic aid, financial aid, grant
Narrower terms: postdoctoral, postdoc, post doc
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Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
國家補助 /国家补助
(guójiā bǔzhù)
— giving of national funds
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Finnish:
valtionapu
— giving of national funds
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German:
Subvention
— giving of national funds
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Polish:
dotacja
— giving of national funds
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Portuguese:
subvenção do estado
— giving of national funds
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Portuguese:
auxílio do estado
— giving of national funds
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Chinese Mandarin:
贊助資金 /赞助资金
(zànzhù zījīn)
— providing funds to an institution
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Finnish:
koulutusavustus
— providing funds to an institution
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Polish:
dofinansowanie
— providing funds to an institution