Meaning of subsidy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Financial support or assistance, such as a grant.
   countable, uncountable
2. Financial assistance given by a government to a business or individual enterprise.
3. Money granted by parliament to the British Crown.
   countable, dated, uncountable
4. Something, as a gift, granted for a definite purpose:appropriation, grant, subvention.
5. (a sum of) money paid by a government etc to an industry etc that needs help, or to farmers etc to keep the price of their products low. subsidie إعانَه مالِيَّه субсидия subsídio subvence die Subvention statsstøtte επιδότηση, επιχορήγησηsubsidio, subvención riigitoetus, abiraha يارانه tukiainen subventionתמיכה आर्थिक सहायता, परिदान, अर्थसाहाय novčana potpora, subvencija szubvenció subsidi obinber fjárstyrkur sussidio, sovvenzione 助成金 보조금 subsidija, dotacija subsīdija, dotācija subsidi subsid...
   etc
6. to give a subsidy to. Some industries are subsidized by the government. subsidieer يُقَدِّم إعانَه مالِيَّه субсидирам subsidiar subvencovat subventionieren subsidiere; give statsstøtte επιδοτώsubvencionar toetama, doteerima كمك مالي كردن myöntää tuki subventionner לִתמוֹך आर्थिक सहायता देना podupirati novcem, subvencionirati szubvencionál memberi subsidi styrkja með opinberum fjárframlögum sovvenzionare 助成する 보조금을 주다 subsidijuoti, dotuoti subsidēt diberi subsidi subsidiërengi støtte til, subs...
7. Monetary assistance granted by a government to a person or group in support of an enterprise regarded as being in the public interest.
8. Financial assistance given by one person or government to another.
9. Money formerly granted to the British Crown by Parliament.
10. (Economics) a financial aid supplied by a government, as to industry, for reasons of public welfare, the balance of payments, etc
11. (Historical Terms) English history a financial grant made originally for special purposes by Parliament to the Crown
    English history
12. (Economics) any monetary contribution, grant, or aid

Equivalents

Examples

“Manufacturing firms are supported by government subsidies in some countries.”

“British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins. Elsewhere in Europe, government contracts and subsidies ensure that press barons will only defy the mighty so far.”

“You don't have to be Einstein to work out that this level of government subsidy is unsustainable.”

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