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sub·si·dy

(sŭb′sĭ-dē)

n. pl. sub·si·dies

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

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

3. Money formerly granted to the British Crown by Parliament.

[Middle English subsidie, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin subsidium, support : sub-, behind, beneath; see sub- + sedēre, to sit; see sed- in Indo-European roots.]

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subsidy

(ˈsʌbsɪdɪ)

n, pl -dies

1. (Economics) a financial aid supplied by a government, as to industry, for reasons of public welfare, the balance of payments, etc

2. (Historical Terms) English history a financial grant made originally for special purposes by Parliament to the Crown

3. (Economics) any monetary contribution, grant, or aid

[C14: from Anglo-Norman subsidie, from Latin subsidium assistance, from subsidēre to remain, from sub- down + sedēre to sit]

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sub•si•dy

(ˈsʌb sɪ di)

n., pl. -dies.

1. a direct financial aid furnished by a government, as to a private commercial enterprise, an individual, or another government.

2. any grant or contribution of money.

3. money formerly granted by the English Parliament to the crown for special needs.

[1325–75; Middle English subsidie < Anglo-French < Latin subsidium auxiliary force, reserve, help =sub- sub- + sid-, comb. form of sedēre to sit]

subsidy

Financial assistance given by a government to a business or individual enterprise.

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Noun

subsidy - a grant paid by a government to an enterprise that benefits the public; "a subsidy for research in artificial intelligence"

grant - any monetary aid

subvention - grant of financial aid as from a government to an educational institution

price support - a government subsidy used to maintain prices at a certain level

subsidy

noun aid, help, support, grant, contribution, assistance, allowance, financial aid, stipend, subvention They've slashed state subsidies.

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subsidy

noun

Something, as a gift, granted for a definite purpose:

appropriation, grant, subvention.

Translations

إعَانَةٌ مَالِيَّةإعانَه مالِيَّه

dotacesubvence

statsstøttestøtte

Subvention Unterstützung Zuschuss

επιδότηση επιχορήγηση

subsidio subvención

tukiainentukimaksuvaltionapu

subvention

subvencija

szubvenció

obinber fjárstyrkur

sussidio sovvenzionare sovvenzione

助成金

보조금

dotuotisubsidijasubsidijuoti

subsīdija, dotācija

subsidie

statsstøtte subsidie subsidier

dotacja subwencja

subsídio

субсидия

subvencia

subvention

เงินช่วยเหลือ

sübvansiyon tahsisat

tiền trợ cấp

政府津贴津贴

subsidy

[ˈsʌbsɪdɪ] N → subvención f
government subsidy → subvención f estatal, subvención f del gobierno
state subsidy → subvención f estatal

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subsidy

[ˈsʌbsɪdi] n → subvention f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

subsidy

n → Subvention f, → Zuschuss m; there is a subsidy on butter → Butter wird subventioniert or bezuschusst; rent subsidy → Wohnungsbeihilfe f; housing subsidies (for building, renovation etc) → Wohnungsbaubeihilfen pl

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

subsidy

[ˈsʌbsɪdɪ] n → sovvenzione f, sussidio

subsidy

(ˈsabsidi) – plural ˈsubsidies – noun

(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.

ˈsubsidize, ˈsubsidise verb

to give a subsidy to. Some industries are subsidized by the government.

subsidy

→ إعَانَةٌ مَالِيَّة dotace støtte Zuschuss επιδότηση subvención tukimaksu subvention subvencija sussidio 助成金 보조금 subsidie subsidie dotacja subsídio субсидия subvention เงินช่วยเหลือ sübvansiyon tiền trợ cấp 津贴

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Under their auspices, Lieutenant (now Captain) Speke has associated with him Captain Grant, of the army in India; they have put themselves at the head of a numerous and well-equipped expedition; their mission is to ascend the lake and return to Gondokoro; they have received a subsidy of more than five thousand pounds, and the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope has placed Hottentot soldiers at their disposal; they set out from Zanzibar at the close of October, 1860.

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Isaac the Jew also seemed to have vanished, and with him the hope of certain sums of money, making up the subsidy for which Prince John had contracted with that Israelite and his brethren.

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If this affair eventuated in the stoppage of the modest subsidy allotted to the publication of the F.

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