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 Definitions of Subsidy  [ˈsʌb sɪ di]  

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Definition of 'Subsidy' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

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

2.  subsidy
any grant or contribution of money.

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

Etymology:  (1325–75; ME subsidie < AF < L subsidium auxiliary force, reserve, help =sub-sub - +sid-, comb. form of sedēre to sit)

Definition of 'Subsidy' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) subsidy
a grant paid by a government to an enterprise that benefits the public
"a subsidy for research in artificial intelligence"


Definition of 'Subsidy' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Subsidy
support; aid; cooperation; esp., extraordinary aid in money rendered to the sovereign or to a friendly power

2. (noun) Subsidy
specifically: A sum of money paid by one sovereign or nation to another to purchase the cooperation or the neutrality of such sovereign or nation in war

3. (noun) Subsidy
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; as, a subsidy to the owners of a line of ocean steamships


Translation of 'Subsidy' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (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.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: subsidie Arabic flag Arabic: إعانَه مالِيَّه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: субсидия
Brazilian flag Brazilian: subsídio Czech flag Czech: subvence German flag German: die Subvention
Danish flag Danish: statsstøtte Greek flag Greek: επιδότηση, επιχορήγηση Spanish flag Spanish: subsidio, subvención
Estonian flag Estonian: riigitoetus, abiraha Farsi flag Farsi: يارانه Finnish flag Finnish: tukiainen
French flag French: subvention Hebrew flag Hebrew: תְּמִיכָה Hindi flag Hindi: आर्थिक सहायता, परिदान, अर
Croatian flag Croatian: novčana potpora, subvenci Hungarian flag Hungarian: szubvenció Indonesian flag Indonesian: subsidi
Icelandic flag Icelandic: obinber fjárstyrkur Italian flag Italian: sussidio, sovvenzione Japanese flag Japanese: 助成金
Korean flag Korean: 보조금 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: subsidija, dotacija Latvian flag Latvian: subsīdija, dotācija
Malay flag Malay: subsidi Dutch flag Dutch: subsidie Norwegian flag Norwegian: statsstøtte, subsidier
Polish flag Polish: subwencja, dotacja Persian flag Persian: يارانه Pashto flag Pashto: مالی مرسته
Portuguese flag Portuguese: subsídio Romanian flag Romanian: sub­venţie Russian flag Russian: субсидия
Slovak flag Slovak: subvencia Slovenian flag Slovenian: subvencija Serbian flag Serbian: dotacija
Swedish flag Swedish: subvention, bidrag Thai flag Thai: เงินสนับสนุน Turkish flag Turkish: tahsisat
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 政府津貼 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: субсидія, дотація Urdu flag Urdu: امدادی رقم
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: tiền trợ cấp Chinese flag Chinese: 政府津贴

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