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BLOCK GRANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does block grant mean? 

BLOCK GRANT (noun)
  The noun BLOCK GRANT has 1 sense:

1. a grant of federal money to state and local governments to support social welfare programsplay

  Familiarity information: BLOCK GRANT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BLOCK GRANT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A grant of federal money to state and local governments to support social welfare programs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

block grants reduce federal responsibility for social welfare

Hypernyms ("block grant" is a kind of...):

grant; subsidisation; subsidization (the act of providing a subsidy)


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