Financing sources & instruments · Working

Grant

ELI5

Non-repayable funding awarded under particular criteria and conditions.

Used in conversation

“Has legal checked grant for this version of the agreement?”

Definition

Non-repayable funding awarded under specified criteria and conditions.

Here “Grant” means: Non-repayable funding awarded under specified criteria and conditions.

Pitch context

You may encounter “Grant” in rights, contracts, finance, distribution & labour conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Explains who controls, pays for, approves, exploits or bears risk around a project.

Caution

Meaning and consequences may change by contract, collective agreement, territory or law. This entry is orientation, not legal advice.

Sources & evidence · 8

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.