单词 | government grant |
释义 | > as lemmasgovernment grant (a) General attributive, as government expenditure, government grant, government programme, etc. Some of the more established compounds of this type are treated separately. ΚΠ 1763 London Mag. June 315/2 So zealous were the people now become, for the support of every government measure. 1825 Berrow's Worcester Jrnl. 17 Feb. 4/1 In two instances the contributions include government grants. 1855 H. H. Wilson Gloss. Judicial & Revenue Terms India p. ix In Karnáta, kul is a payer of government revenue. 1876 Brit. Q. Rev. July 79/2 The incurable looseness of the Premier's statements, and the general flaccidity of the government programme, must be irritating in the last degree. 1891 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 29 July 4/3 A determined effort was to be made to reduce the government expenditures. 1908 Craftsman Mar. 668 Under government aid permanent schools could be established. 1938 Newsweek 3 Oct. 37/3 Management leaders representing the world's democratic countries agreed that free enterprise, not government control, is the key to better times. 1959 M. W. Leiserson Wages & Econ. Control Norway ii. 17 The process..of meeting and conferring with representatives of the various government ministries..until a program was developed. 1975 Corbin (Kentucky) Times-Tribune 9 Mar. 16/4 The Federal Reserve Board increased the money supply to offset the pressure of government borrowing. 1991 J. Kingdom Local Govt. & Politics in Brit. xi. 187 The Public Expenditure Survey Committee (PESC) process..fixes the expenditure levels of all government programmes. 2008 Vanity Fair Nov. 138/1 The free-market fundamentalists—who believe in the miracles of markets—have not been adverse to accepting government bailouts. < as lemmas |
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