Subsidy

What do we mean by subsidy?

Monetary assistance granted by a government to a person or group in support of an enterprise regarded as being in the public interest. noun

Financial assistance given by one person or government to another. noun

Money formerly granted to the British Crown by Parliament. noun

An aid in money; pecuniary aid. noun

Especially— In English history, an aid or tax formerly granted by Parliament to the crown for the urgent occasions of the realm, and levied on every subject of ability according to the value of his lands or goods; a tax levied on a particular occasion. noun

A sum paid, often according to treaty, by one government to another, sometimes to secure its neutrality, but more frequently to meet the expenses of carrying on a war. noun

Any direct pecuniary aid furnished by the state to private industrial undertakings, or to eleemosynary institutions. Such aid includes bounties on exports, those paid to the owners of ships for running them, and donations of land or money to railroad, manufacturing, theatrical, and other enterprises. noun

Synonyms Subsidy, Subvention. In the original and essential meaning of a government grant in aid of a commercial enterprise, these termsare substantially equivalent; but two circumstances lead to some difference in common usage. noun

Such grants being rarely, if ever, made in England or the United States except in aid of the mercantile marine, the establishment of lines of transportation, or the like, subsidy is used more commonly than subvention in reference to such enterprises, while, such grants being frequent in France in aid of the drama and the press, etc., the word subvention is used more commonly than subsidy in application to enterprises connected with literature and the arts. noun

Writers who oppose all such uses of public funds commonly prefer to characterize them as subsidies, while those who approve of them commonly prefer the term subvention. noun

Support; aid; coöperation; esp., extraordinary aid in money rendered to the sovereign or to a friendly power. noun

Specifically: A sum of money paid by one sovereign or nation to another to purchase the coöperation or the neutrality of such sovereign or nation in war. noun

A grant from the government, from a municipal corporation, or the like, to a private person or company to assist the establishment or support of an enterprise deemed advantageous to the public; a subvention. noun

Financial support or assistance, such as a grant noun

Money granted by parliament to the British Crown noun

A grant paid by a government to an enterprise that benefits the public noun

Financial support or assistance, such as a grant.

Money granted by parliament to the British Crown.

One who enjoys the subsidies offered to farmers for milk production without actually producing any dairy products whatsoever. Urban Dictionary

A clever fellow who, given the opportunity, milks the state in that he or she applies for and receives all available state or EU subsidies regardless of entitlement. Urban Dictionary

Euphemism for swiping free photocopies from one's workplace. Urban Dictionary

Money given or lent to a friend so that he can can gain admission to a club with a mostly female clientele. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to subsidy:
subsidy, subside.

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Consonant match to subsidy:
subside a.

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