| A | B |
|---|
| academic | related to school |
| accurate | correct, true |
| aid | assistance |
| appeal | a request for a decision to be reconsidered |
| approve | to agree with, feel positively about |
| assist | to help |
| award | an amount of money that you will receive |
| balance | the rest of (something), the remainder |
| basis | a foundation, base, the reason for (something) |
| circumstances | (the) situation |
| comply (with) | to do what you must do or are asked to do |
| consist (of) | to be made of or contain several parts or things |
| data | specific information or facts |
| deadline | the date by which something must be done |
| deduct | to subtract, take away from the total |
| deny | to give a negative answer, refuse, not agree with or allow |
| dependent | a person who relies on someone for financial support |
| disburse | to hand out, give out |
| document | to take detailed notes down to later prove something |
| donor | a person or group who gives something, esp. money, to help someone or an organization |
| earn | to make money (through work) |
| eligible | able or allowed to do something |
| enroll | to officially join or enter a school, program, etc. |
| federal | related to a country’s central government (not to its states) |
| file | to record something on an official document such as a tax return, a complaint, a law case, etc. |
| funds | money |
| good standing | good or satisfactory rank or position |
| grant | an amount of money given to a person or organization (does not need to be repaid) |
| gross | before taxes |
| income | the amount of money someone makes |
| indicate | to show something exists or is true |
| interest | the extra amount of money paid on a loan |
| joint return | a tax return filed by a married couple |
| loan | an amount of money lent to a person or organization (must be repaid, with interest usually) |
| merit-based | decided based on the quality of someone’s work (not on who has the greatest need) |
| need-based | decided based on who has the greatest need (not on who does the best work) |
| net | after taxes |
| notify | to inform officially |
| obtain | to get something, esp. through effort |
| out-of-pocket | has to be paid by you, not by your employer or a company |
| outstanding | not yet dealt with, solved, or paid |
| override | to be regarded as more important than something else |
| policy | an officially agreed on way of doing something |
| process | to deal with information in an official way |
| progress | forward movement (towards a goal) |
| prohibit | to not allow, to prevent |
| prove | to show that something is definitely true |
| qualify (for) | to have a right to have or do something |
| recipient | person who is sent or given something |
| recommend | to suggest someone or something to receive something good, a job, etc. |
| refund | what you paid for something that is returned to you |
| remain | to stay on, to still be left |
| repay | to pay back |
| require | to need something, to make it necessary |
| reimburse | to pay back money already paid |
| scam | (informal) a dishonest plan to get money |
| scholarship | money given to students to help pay for education, usually for a particular reason (does not have to be paid back) |
| state | to formally give information or an opinion (spoken or written) |
| submit | to turn in a document for approval, consideration, etc. |
| tax return | a tax form done every April with that year’s salary, etc. |
| terms | the conditions of an agreement, contract, legal document, etc. |
| tip | a helpful piece of information |
| transcript | a student’s academic record at a particular school |
| tuition | the money a student pays to attend a school or college |
| variable rate | the amount paid for something which does not stay the same |
| verify | to check that something is accurate or true |
| waive | to state officially that a right or rule can be ignored because it’s not useful or important at this time |
| withdraw | to drop out of a class or a school |
| work-study | a job that a student does on a college campus to earn money for their education |
| subsidized | partially paid for (usually by the government or an agency) |
