subsidy

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sub·si·dy /ˈsʌbsədi/ AWL noun (plural subsidies) [countableC]

PEBFmoney that is paid by a government or organization to make prices lower, reduce the cost of producing goods etc 〔政府或组织为平抑物价、降低生产成本等而提供的〕津贴，补贴，补助金

trade/agricultural etc subsidies

international disagreement over trade subsidies

有关贸易补贴的国际纠纷

Examples from the Corpus

subsidy• The Commission official insisted these loans were repayable with interest, and did not constitute a subsidy.• But donations to help elect or defeat political candidates have been denied such a subsidy since 1954.• One delegate likened Mr Gummer's motion to abolish subsidies on agricultural production to turkeys voting for Christmas.• US farmers are having trouble coping with the reductions in agricultural subsidies.• Farm subsidies totaled $53 billion last year.• Federal subsidies would be available to help employers pay the insurance premiums.• Lacking the generous subsidies that European orchestras receive, modern American groups are under increasing pressure to play popular pieces.• Government subsidies in the form of legal notices shrank while circulation and advertising income rose dramatically.• Housing subsidies, food supplements, and health care will decline to levels that no longer can alleviate the pain.• The devaluation and the cuts in subsidies resulted in price rises of between 100 and 120 percent.• Still, it amounted to a massive subsidy to Wall Street from Congress.• The taskforce has recommended some kind of subsidy to help businesses get their Internet start-ups off the ground.• They built and financed a whole new suburb, and they did it without a public subsidy.• Congress may cut some subsidies to farmers.• Without state subsidies, the railways couldn't survive.• And for two days officials from the General Council discussed with the Government the possibility of extending the subsidy.

From Longman Business Dictionary

subsidysub·si·dy /ˈsʌbsədi/ noun (plural subsidies) [countableC]FINANCEECONOMICS

money that is paid by a government or organization to make something such as a particular food or product cheaper to buy, use, or produce

Billions of dollars were given out in agricultural subsidies.

→ tax subsidy

Origin subsidy

(1300-1400) Latin subsidium “soldiers kept in reserve, support, help”, from sub- “near” + sedere “to sit”

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