subsidy
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/ˈsʌbsɪdi/
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/ˈsʌbsɪdi/ · /ˈsɐbsɪdi/ · /ˈsɐbsədi/
Definition of subsidy
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)Financial support or assistance, such as a grant.
“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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noun
-
(countable, uncountable)Financial support or assistance, such as a grant.
“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.”
- (countable, dated, uncountable)Money granted by parliament to the British Crown.
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Etymology
From Middle English subsidy, subsidie, from Anglo-Norman subsidee, subsidie, from Old French subside, from Latin subsidium (support, assistance), from subsido from sub- (“below”) + sīdō (“sit”).
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