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subsidy
/ˈsʌbsɪdi/
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What does subsidy mean?
noun
- Financial support or assistance, such as a grant.
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noun
- (dated) Money granted by parliament to the British Crown.
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The duties which have been imposed since the old subsidy, are, the greater part of them, wholly drawn back upon exportation.
While Bavaria and the League were thus arming in the Emperor's cause, negotiations for a subsidy were opened with the Spanish court.
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The annual $4 billion Soviet subsidy, a main prop to Cuba's threadbare economy, may be cut in view of the USSR's mounting economic problems.
Nothing else material has happened, but Mr. Pitt's having moved for a German subsidy, which is another matter of triumph to the late ministry.
American agricultural science is motivated by agribusiness, either by direct subsidy or indirectly through government because our government is often strongly influenced by major economic interests.