| 单词 | direct grant |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdirect grant direct grant n. a grant of money paid directly to a school by the government; frequently attributive, esp. in direct-grant school a school that receives a direct grant and in return observes certain conditions regarding the admission of pupils, etc.; also elliptical. ΘΚΠ society > education > place of education > school > [noun] > publicly maintained school free school1500 common school1503 public school1636 state school1806 national school1814 burgh-school1864 board-school1873 provided school1902 council school1908 direct-grant school1945 1945 Guide Educ. Syst. Eng. & Wales (Min. of Educ. Pamphlet No. 2) 58 Direct-grant school, school receiving grant direct from the Ministry of Education (e.g. nursery, special or grammar school). 1957 Economist 21 Dec. 1030/1 A number of excellent schools known in the jargon as ‘direct grant’. 1957 Economist 21 Dec. 1030/1 To qualify for direct grant status, a school must not make a profit. 1958 Times 29 July 9/6 The direct-grant grammar school may be given a choice of accepting local authority rule or becoming entirely independent of the public system and public funds. 1970 Guardian 9 Apr. 12/3 Obviously the Conservatives will look on the ‘direct grants’ with tenderness. < as lemmas |
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