| 单词 | maintenance grant |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmaintenance grant maintenance grant n. a sum of money allowed by an authority or person towards living costs or upkeep, esp. an allowance provided to higher education students. ΚΠ 1914 R. E. Reiss in Women's Industr. News Oct. 287 The subject of Maintenance Grants under Separation Orders has..been engaging the attention of the Legal Committee of the Women's Industrial Council. According to the law, when a man and a wife ‘separate’, the wife can apply for an Order for a Maintenance Grant. 1930 Times Educ. Suppl. 2 Aug. 337/3 The question of the provision of maintenance grants, even the burning question of dual control, are but elements in a much larger question. 1988 D. Lodge Nice Work i. ii. 41 Marion does not qualify for a maintenance grant because her parents are well off. 1997 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 7 June 9 The council refuses maintenance grants to any club that does not give women—or any group of people—full membership rights. < as lemmas |
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