English Explanatory Dictionary

Pell Grant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A subsidy provided by the United States federal government to students who need it to pay for college.

Word forms

Pell Grant Pell Grants

Etymology

Originally known as a Basic Educational Opportunity Grant, it was renamed in 1980 in honor of Democratic U.S. Senator Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on P Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary