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Block Grant

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Noun

1. block grant

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

Example Sentences:
'block grants reduce federal responsibility for social welfare'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Block Grant

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noun
(in Britain) an annual grant made by the government to a local authority to help to pay for the public services it provides, such as health, education, and housing

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Block Grant

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a grant of federal funds to a state or local government for discretionary use in funding a block of programs, with or without guidelines

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Block Grant

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n.
An unrestricted federal grant, as to a locality.

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