need-based

Adjective

Meaning

need-based (comparative more need-based, superlative most need-based)

With respect to financial or other assistance, derived from need rather than earned by merit.

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Examples

And if you’re applying for need-based education aid for your kids, a paid-off mortgage or a lot of can count against you at colleges where equity is considered money in the bank. Source: Internet

During the period of global recession and increased housing foreclosures in the 2000s, squatting became far more prevalent in Western, developed nations. citation In some cases, need-based and politically motivated squatting go hand in hand. Source: Internet

Among students who receive Pell Grants—the chief need-based form of federal assistance—the share attending four-year colleges fell from 62 percent in 1974 to 45 percent in 2002; the share attending two-year schools rose from 38 percent to 55 percent. Source: Internet

At Columbia University, 49 percent of full-time undergraduates receive some kind of need-based financial aid, and the average need-based scholarship or grant award is $50,744. Source: Internet

Colorado College commits significant endowment funds to institutional grants for eligible students, Shafer said, with need-based student loans and work-study opportunities making up a portion of the student’s financial input. Source: Internet

At Purdue University--West Lafayette, 42 percent of full-time undergraduates receive some kind of need-based financial aid, and the average need-based scholarship or grant award is $13,407. Source: Internet

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