top-ups

English translation: extra money

07:32 Mar 6, 2004
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Social Sciences - Education / Pedagogy
English term or phrase: top-ups
Students may also be eligible for a special grant which includes top-ups for mature students and child care. Contact your Agency for more information.

What is meant by top-ups here please?
Geeta
Selected answer:extra money
Explanation:
In this context it means "extra money".
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4 +11extra money
IanW (X)
5Add-on payment, add-on tuition
Alex Zelkind (X)
3to add more of something, especially money, to an existing amount to create the total you need
chica nueva
4 -2tuition assistance benefit
Ildiko Santana


  

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extra money


Explanation:
In this context it means "extra money".

IanW (X)
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agree  Jacqueline van der Spek
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agree  awilliams
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agree  senin
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agree  Aisha Maniar
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agree  Vicky Papaprodromou
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agree  Gabriel Aramburo Siegert
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agree  John Bowden
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agree  Scott Horne (X)
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agree  Jörgen Slet
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
Add-on payment, add-on tuition


Explanation:
Additional tuition

Alex Zelkind (X)
Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian

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neutral  John Bowden: No, it's not additional tuition - it's additional money/grant (there's a lot of discussion in the UK at the moment about "top-up fees", i.e. additional fees the students will be charged by the university
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tuition assistance benefit


Explanation:
"On October 30, 2000, the President signed into law an amendment to the Montgomery GI Bill - Active Duty education program that permits VA to pay a Tuition Assistance Top- up benefit. The amount of the benefit can be equal to the difference between the total cost of a college course and the amount of Tuition Assistance that is paid by the military for the course."

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Note added at 2004-03-06 07:45:40 (GMT)
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This is from England:
\"Thousands of students marched through central London
Thousands of protesters have demonstrated against government plans for \"top-up\" fees for university courses.
....
The march through London on Sunday ended with a rally in Trafalgar Square, organised by the National Union of Students (NUS).

The government proposes charging up to £3,000 a year for tuition in England and Wales, which the NUS says will leave graduates with debts of up to £30,000. \"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/3212029.stm


    Reference: http://www.gibill.va.gov/education/News/TATU.htm
Ildiko Santana
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Local time: 14:18
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  J. Leo (X)
12 mins

disagree  chica nueva: 'top-up fees' will be quite different to 'grants including top-ups for special categories of students (such as mature students and students with children)'or 'Tuition Assistance top-up benefits'. What they all have in common is that they cover a shortfall
20 mins

disagree  James Calder: lai'an is right 'top-up fees' have nothing to do with the 'top-ups' mentioned here. They are different. One is a charge levied on students and the other is financial support.
37 mins

disagree  Scott Horne (X): ditto
1 day 21 hrs
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to add more of something, especially money, to an existing amount to create the total you need


Explanation:
top sth up (money) = to add more of something, especially money, to an existing amount to create the total you need eg Students are able to take out loans to top up their grants. This is the easiest way to top up your mobile phone card. top-up fees/payments (noun) eg The bank agreed to lend me a top-up of $1500.


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chica nueva
Local time: 10:18
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Native speaker of: English
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