The phrase "aid half of" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It is unclear when this phrase could be used due to its lack of clarity and grammatical structure.
Example: "We aim to aid half of the population in need." (This example assumes a correction to "aid half of" to make it meaningful.)
Alternatives: "assist a portion of" or "support half of".
At one point during Sunday night's meeting Mr. Reynders suggested splitting the €12 billion portion of aid: half to be disbursed from a pot of €110 billion of loans agreed a little more than a year ago and the other €6 billion held back until an austerity program is approved by the Greek Parliament.
In Mali, the Obama administration suspended $70 million in bilateral aid — roughly half of U.S. aid to the country — after a 2012 coup.
He has taken to railing against meddling foreigners, even though their aid pays half of his government's budget.
The United States provides about $2 billion in annual security aid, roughly half of which goes to reimburse Pakistan for conducting military operations to fight terrorism.
Earlier this month, the Senate approved $500 million in disaster aid, about half of which would probably go to the Dakotas and Minnesota.
But it stresses that the country is unlikely to be self-sufficient in grain for the foreseeable future, and that the risk of food shortages is growing not least because food aid, fully half of which comes in from China and South Korea, may now dwindle.
PAGE A16 NEW YORK COURT DECISION LOWERS Benefits for Impoverished Thousands of poor elderly, disabled or blind legal residents of New York State will be limited to $352 a month in public aid, about half of what lower courts have said they should get, under a decision by the Court of Appeals.
However, the suspension of 16 aid agencies, half of which were operating in South Darfur, by the Government of Sudan in March has posed new challenges for those who remain.
Pour the sugar, Kool-Aid, and half of the club soda (or soft drink, if that's what you are using) into the blender and blend until the sugar has dissolved.
He pointed out that America now spends forty times more on defense than it does on foreign aid, and that half of this aid goes to Israel and Egypt.
