| 单词 | discretionary grant |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdiscretionary grant discretionary grant n. a grant, esp. of money, made at the discretion of an official body, the administrators of a fund, etc., where there is no legal or regulatory obligation to do so; esp. a grant of this type made to a student in further or higher education (cf. mandatory grant n. at mandatory adj. and n. Compounds). ΚΠ 1831 Morning Post 11 Feb. He should hold it equally degrading to be under the necessity of appearing yearly before that House as a Petitioner for a discretionary grant. 1912 Shoreditch Observer 17 Aug. 4/5 A further £384 16s. 4d. discretionary grant by the executors of the late Mrs. Caroline Osborne. 1915 Times 5 Mar. 3/6 King v. King (Discretionary grant of decree nisi). 1962 Ld. Hailsham in Hansard Lords 8 Mar. 1234 The discretionary grants..will cover all degrees undertaken after the first degree. 1982 Bond Buyer (Nexis) 7 May 3 Under the committee's action, so called discretionary grants to states would be cut by $6 billion rather than the $7 billion that the president asked for. 2004 Irish Times 30 Nov. 7/7 The impact of the funding crisis could be seen in all aspects of college life, including..the virtual annihilation of the capacity to award discretionary grants to students. < as lemmas |
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