Syllable division derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
grant-in-aid is a noun meaning "a grant from a central government to a local government". It carries 2 recorded senses.
a grant from a central government to a local government
a grant to a person or school for some educational project
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for grant-in-aid come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.