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Entitlement: Benefits guaranteed to an individual, such as dividends for shareholders or government aid for those who qualify.

Substitution Of Entitlement: Replaces one eligible veteran with another on an existing Veterans Administration loan. The entitlement is restored to the original veteran.

Healthy Meals For Healthy Americans Act Of 1994: P.L. 103-448 (November 2, 1994) Amendments reauthorizing several expiring programs under the National School Lunch Act and Child Nutrition Amendments of 1966 through FY1998. Required that fe . . . View Full Definition

Food Stamp Program (FSP): This program supplements the food buying power of eligible low-income households by providing them with monthly benefits through coupons or electronic benefit transfer (EBT) cards. Eligibili . . . View Full Definition

National School Lunch Program: This child nutrition program provides cash and commodity assistance to public and private nonprofit elementary and secondary schools and residential child care institutions to support lunche . . . View Full Definition

Payments In Lieu Of Taxes (PILT): A program administered by the Bureau of Land Management of the Department of the Interior to compensate counties for the tax-exempt status of federal lands: the fixed payments per entitlemen . . . View Full Definition

Riparian: Pertaining to or situated on or along the bank of a stream or other body of water. Often referred to in the context of cattle grazing and protection of streams for fish and wildlife habitat, . . . View Full Definition

Food Service Management Institute: This institute provides instruction, research, and materials in support of better food service management practices by child nutrition providers receiving federal support (e.g., schools oper . . . View Full Definition

Commodity Distribution: Direct donation of food products by the federal government to needy persons, schools, and institutions. Commodities are either entitlement or bonus. Bonus commodities can be received when th . . . View Full Definition

Unsecured Loan: An unsecured loan is a loan where the lender has no entitlement to any of the borrower's assets in the event of the borrower failing to make the loan repayments. Such a loan normally carries . . . View Full Definition