block grants

noun

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plural of block grant
as in grants

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  1. subsidies
  2. annuities
  3. allocations
Noun
  • Trade tensions between China and the EU are not limited to electric cars, with inquiries launched by Brussels also targeting Chinese subsidies for solar panels and wind turbines.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Europe, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Both have stopped issuing new housing subsidies.
    Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 4 Oct. 2024
Definition of subsidies
Noun
  • This is a significant deviation from the current net investment income definition which only applies to interest, dividends, capital gains, rental and royalty income, nonqualified annuities, and income from businesses that are passive activities.
    Lynn Mucenski Keck, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Reserves Unlike banks, which are not required to keep reserves, permanent mutual insurance companies that issue annuities and permanent life insurance policies are required by state law to have 100% of their annual liabilities in reserve.
    D. Scott Kenik, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
Definition of annuities
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  • Similarly, a knowledgeable adviser can select the right investments, strategies, and tools that might not be accessible to a DIY investor or investors working with advisors with a limited investment options and asset allocations (recipes).
    James Brewer, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
  • But a slowdown is underway in 2024 due to the fact that the government is making modifications to the country’s tax rebates that have been driving this growth, and rebate allocations are being shrunk just as international competition is heating up.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of allocations
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