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单词 aid money
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aid money
aid money n. (a) money exacted as an aid by the Crown or a feudal lord (see sense 1) (now rare; historical in later use); (b) money contributed as aid; (in later use) spec. economic assistance given by a government or an international agency to a poor or underdeveloped country, region, etc.
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1500 in M. Bateson Rec. Borough Leicester (1901) II. 360 Giffyn to yem in redy money by W. Wygston off ye saide eyde money and xvth, Sum xxd.
1692 R. Gardiner Compl. Constable viii. 77 (heading) Taxes and Aid-Mony.
a1731 R. Hawes Hist Framlingham (1798) ii. 16 Aid-money also the king had of such grantees, and their heirs, to make his eldest son a knight.
1830 Imperial Mag. Aug. 730/1 On this occasion the ancient custom of giving aid-money to the King was revived after the lapse of a century.
1835 Times 3 Sept. 5/6 The..aid-money was from that time withdrawn, and the establishment left to the chance of its own resources.
1948 Wall St. Jrnl. 1 Oct. 1/4 E.C.A. officials hope that within a month allocation of the entire $70 million in aid money for China replacement and reconstruction can be announced.
2011 R. Grant Crazy River vii. 209 I don't know how much aid money was passing through Kigoma every year, but it was certainly millions of dollars, and there were probably a hundred and fifty foreigners here disbursing it.
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