subsidy
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈsʌb.sɪ.di/
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- Many small businesses rely on a subsidy to keep their prices competitive in the market.
- government subsidies
- energy subsidies
- federal subsidies
It will increase subsidies to parents with children.
- It will increase subsidies to parents with children.
- So can Trump's tariffs offset Chinese subsidies and help to rebalance global trade?
- He knows without those government subsidies he would never have been this successful.
- That's welfare or food stamps or a housing subsidy.
- We would have quality standards for childcare and subsidies for childcare.
- The middle ground is potentially something called a wage subsidy.
- You pay enormous subsidies to educate your children.
- But again, why do we need subsidies of demand in America is so strong.
- It is a subsidy to the United States.
Examples
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The White House places the value of those subsidies at more than $3.6 billion.
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Major changes relate to the monetary amount that farmers receive per animal eligible for subsidy payment.
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Now, this has unfortunately caused our yearly subsidy to be well below our current budget.
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So a big driver of this is government subsidies, right?
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This is a program that gives subsidies to foreign countries to buy American products.
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You pay enormous subsidies to educate your children.
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It will increase subsidies to parents with children.
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Additional federal or state subsidies could help more individuals afford coverage through a high-risk pool.
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In the United States, most clean-energy subsidies come from the federal government, which makes them especially volatile.
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The government approved a new subsidy to help farmers reduce production costs.
Synonyms
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2.6
Money that an organization or government gives for a project
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5.2
Government gives money to big companies, often as tax breaks
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4.3
Government payments that keep the price people pay for a product like milk or wheat at a set minimum
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Etymology
Subsidy comes from the Latin parts sub- 'under' and sedere 'to sit', so the idea is help that 'sits under' someone to hold them up. That's why a subsidy today is money the government gives to support an industry or keep prices low.