economic aid

Definitions of economic aid

1. noun

   money given or loaned to support someone, especially a student in higher education
   synonyms: aid, financial aid

   types:

   public assistance, social welfare, welfare

   governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need

   philanthropic gift, philanthropy

   voluntary promotion of human welfare

   scholarship

   financial aid provided to a student on the basis of academic merit

   fellowship

   money granted (by a university or foundation or other agency) for advanced study or research

   foreign aid

   aid (such as economic or military assistance) provided to one nation by another

   grant

   any monetary aid

   grant-in-aid

   a grant to a person or school for some educational project

   traineeship

   financial aid that enables you to get trained for a specified job

   bailout

   a grant of money to rescue a person, company, or institution from financial distress

   social insurance

   government provision for unemployed, injured, or aged people; financed by contributions from employers and employees as well as by government revenue

   relief

   aid for the aged or indigent or handicapped

   dole, pogey, pogy

   money received from the state

   subsidy

   a grant paid by a government to an enterprise that benefits the public

   grant-in-aid

   a grant to a person or school for some educational project

   post doc, postdoc, postdoctoral

   a grant that funds postdoctoral study or research

   type of:

   gift

   something acquired without compensation