block grant

1. 1.

   a grant of federal money to state and local governments to support social welfare programs

   “block grants reduce federal responsibility for social welfare”

   Broadergrant

Questions about block grant

What does block grant mean?

block grant means "a grant of federal money to state and local governments to support social welfare programs".

Is block grant a common word?

block grant is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.