subsidy en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈsʌbsɪdi/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈsɐbsɪdi/ (Australia)
- (Texas) audio
- /ˈsɐbsədi/ (New-Zealand)
- (US) audio
Etymology
From Middle English subsidy, subsidie, from Anglo-Norman subsidee, subsidie, from Old French subside, from Latin subsidium (support, assistance), from subsido from sub- (“below”) + sīdō (“sit”).
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Financial support or assistance, such as a grant.
Manufacturing firms are supported by government subsidies in some countries.
You don't have to be Einstein to work out that this level of government subsidy is unsustainable.
2022 January 12, Sir Michael Holden, “Reform of the workforce or death by a thousand cuts?”, in RAIL, number 948, page 22:British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins. Elsewhere in Europe, government contracts and subsidies ensure that press barons will only defy the mighty so far.
2013 August 10, Lexington, “Keeping the mighty honest”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
- (countable, dated, uncountable) Money granted by parliament to the British Crown.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| subsidies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
spare room subsidy · nonsubsidy · antisubsidy · export subsidy · subsidy publisher · cross-subsidy
Relateds
subsidence · subsidiary · subsidise · subside · subsidize
Translations (70)
ca subvenció (financial support) · pl subwencja (financial support) · cmn 津貼 /津贴 (financial support) · de Subvention (financial support) · sq subvencion (financial support) · sk subvencia (financial support) · hu segély (financial support) · cmn 補貼 /补贴 (financial support) · ms subsidi (financial support) · uk субси́дія (financial support) · ko 원조 (financial support) · da subsidier (financial support) · be субсі́дыя (financial support) · sk príspevok (financial support) · de Unterstützung (financial support) · cs podpora (financial support) · bg субси́дия (financial support) · fi apu (financial support) · hy սուբսիդիա (financial support) · ko 보조 (financial support) · fr subside (financial support) · sk výpomoc (financial support) · hu dotáció (financial support) · lt subsidija (financial support) · hu szubvenció (financial support) · ja 援助 (financial support) · mi pūtea āwhina (financial support) · pt subvenção (financial support) · mi moni āwhina (financial support) · de Subsidium (financial support) · te రాయితీ (financial support) · pt subsídio (financial support) · sk grant (financial support) · vi trợ cấp (financial support) · io subvenciono (financial support) · cs subvence (financial support) · es subsidio (financial support) · gl subsidio (financial support) · ja 補助 (financial support) · sk dotácia (financial support) · cmn 補助 /补助 (financial support) · fr subvention (financial support) · fa سوبسید (financial support) · sw ruzuku (financial support) · hu támogatás (financial support) · ar إِعَانَة مَالِيَّة (financial support) · fi avustus (financial support) · ka სუბსიდია (financial support) · nl subsidie (financial support) · it sussidio (financial support) · sv subvention (financial support) · tl tulong (financial support) · tr sübvansiyon (financial support) · lv subsīdija (financial support) · ro subvenție (financial support) · sk podpora (financial support) · he תמיכה כספית (financial support) · fi valtionapu (financial support) · ca subsidi (financial support) · hu kedvezmény (financial support) · kk субсидия (financial support) · mi pūtea tāpiri (financial support) · fi tuki (financial support) · it sovvenzione (financial support) · eo subvencio (financial support) · ru субси́дия (financial support) · sk pomoc (financial support) · hy նպաստ (financial support) · fa یارانه (financial support) · fi subventio (financial support)