subsidy

Academic Word List, sublist 6.

About 4.19 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Financial support or assistance, such as a grant.

   Manufacturing firms are supported by government subsidies in some countries.

2. noun Money granted by parliament to the British Crown.

Similar words

subvention subsidized subsidised subsidisation subsidization grant-in-aid stipend funded funding fund

Often followed by

to of for is and from was on in

Word family

subsidiary subsidies subsidise subsidised subsidises subsidising subsidize subsidized subsidizes subsidizing