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block grant definition

block grant

a grant of federal funds to a state or local government for discretionary use in funding a block of programs, with or without guidelines

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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