Financial aid (7)
I believe the answer is:
subsidy
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">financial aid</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for subsidy that I've seen before include "Grant given to help with running costs" , "Arts grant, for example" , "Money granted to support an undertaking" , "Grant to help defray costs" , "Grant paid to help with running costs" .)