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Definition: Subsidy |
SubsidyNoun1. A grant paid by a government to an enterprise that benefits the public: "a subsidy for research in artificial intelligence". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "subsidy" was first used: 14th century. (references) |
Etymology: Subsidy \Sub"si*dy\, noun; plural Subsidies. [Latin expression subsidium the troops stationed in reserve in the third line of battlem reserve, support, help, from subsidere to sit down, lie in wait: compare to the French expression subside. See Subside.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Agriculture | A direct or indirect benefit granted by a government for the production or distribution (including export) of a good or to supplement other services. Generally, subsidies are thought to be production and trade distorting, resulting in an inefficient use of resources. Arguably, subsidies may be justified on grounds that they adjust for nonmarket considerations that are as important as market values. This term also is used to refer to federal reimbursements for meals served through child and elderly nutrition programs. (references) |
Business | Unrequited, nonrepayable, noncompulsory receipts of government from other governments or international institutions. In determination of the overall budget deficit, grants are grouped with revenue and expenditure rather than with financing. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Money given by the government to certain producers to help them to produce without loss to themselves, and yet at a low price, goods and services needed by the public. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Economics | A grant paid by a government to producers or exporters of goods to strengthen their competitive position. (references) |
Literature | Subsidy means literally a sediment; that which is on the ground. It is a military term. In battle the Romans drew up their army in three divisions: first, the light-armed troops made the attack, and, if repulsed, the pike-men came up to their aid; if these two were beaten back, the swordsmen (principes) advanced; and if they too were defeated, the reserve went forward. These last were called subsidies because they remained resting on their left knee till their time of action. Metaphorically, money aid is called a subsidy. (Latin, subsideo, to subside.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Social Sciences | Aid in the form of money or necessities for the indigent, aged or handicapped. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Examples of subsidies include welfare and certain aspects of student loans.
A subsidy exemplifies the opposite of a tax.
See also agricultural subsidy.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Subsidy."
Synonym: SubsidySynonym: grant. (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Expenditure | Payment; pay; (remuneration); bribe; fee, footing, garnish; subsidy; tribute; contingent, quota; donation;. |
Giving | Allowance, contribution, subscription, subsidy, tribute, subvention. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Subsidy |
| English words defined with "subsidy": grant ♦ price support ♦ Subsidies, subsidisation, subsidiser, subsidization, subsidizer ♦ Tribute pitch. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "subsidy": ad valorem subsidization, Advance deficiency payments, Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 ♦ basic rent, Blair House Agreement ♦ Cargo preference, Commodity certificates, Consumer subsidy equivalent, Crop insurance, CSE ♦ Disaster payments ♦ monetary compensatory amount ♦ Pattens-Money, Payment-in-kind, Producer subsidy equivalent, PSE ♦ Section 32, Special and differential treatment, Step 2 payments. (references) |
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Health | Existing Federal food and food subsidy programs and federally regulated facilities for infants, children, low-income populations, and the elderly in the Department of Health and Human Services, the Veteran Administration, the Department of Defense and other agencies should ensure achievement of optimal calcium intake for program recipients. (references) | |
Business | EGAT is currently finalizing the terms of the loan subsidy with the Thai government. (references) | |
A one-cent of one peso subsidy from the national government for each kilowatt-hour generated. (references) | ||
Any person that has developed a skills program may apply to a SETA with jurisdiction for a grant or to the Director-General for a subsidy. (references) | ||
Children | Kiribati | The 40 percent of primary school graduates who pass a national examination qualify to attend 3 years of junior secondary school and 4 years of senior secondary school on a subsidy; a small fee is charged to other students who wish to matriculate at these levels. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Peru | Each diocese receives a monthly institutional subsidy from the Government. (references) |
Chile | It receives no government subsidy and is self-financing through commercial advertising. (references) | |
Economic History | Norway | There is no subsidy scheme for adults. (references) |
Belgium | An ecological subsidy is an alternative to a cash grant. (references) | |
Luxembourg | Investments which are largely self-financed may be eligible for a capital subsidy. (references) | |
Human Rights | Burkina Faso | During the year, the Government did not honor the President's May 2000 promise to reinstate the agreement providing a tax exemption and subsidy to the UIDH. (references) |
Political Economy | HAITI | Haiti has no export subsidy programs. (references) |
CHILE | Lower-paid workers also receive a family subsidy. (references) | |
Political Rights | Tunisia | For the 1999 elections, the Government provided public financing to political parties, as called for in legislation adopted in 1997. Under the legislation, each party represented in the Chamber of Deputies received an annual public subsidy of approximately $42,000 (60,000 dinars), plus an additional payment of $3,500 (5,000 dinars) per deputy. (references) |
Trade | Luxembourg | A subsidy may be granted of up to 25% of the expenditure arising from the investment. (references) |
Turkey | While generally in compliance with the WTO agreement, Turkey appears to have exceeded its annual export subsidy limits for sugar and is on the verge of exceeding its limits for wheat. (references) | |
Women | Netherlands | In addition battered women who leave their domestic partners become eligible for social benefits, which include an adequate basic living subsidy as well as an allowance for dependent children. (references) |
Worker Rights | Mexico | However, employers actually paid $5.11 (45.95 pesos) because of a supplemental 14 percent subsidy. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | It's time we ended this huge Federal subsidy. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Subsidy" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Subsidy" is used about 724 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 724 | 9,315 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "subsidy": 1985 Repatriation Subsidy Scheme ♦ price subsidy. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "subsidy": subsidy-free, subsidy-hooked. | |
Ending with "subsidy": cross-subsidy. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "subsidy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | subsidie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | subvencion, ndihmë (aid, assistance, backstop, bee, boon, charity, dole, endowment, facilitation, help, relief, stay, subvention, succor, succour, support). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مساعدة (aid, assist, assistance, benefit, contribution, good turn, grant, help, relief, succor, succour, support), إعانة مالية, دعم حكومي (subsidization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | субсидия (grant, grant-in-aid, subvention), дотация (appropriation-in-aid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 補貼 (allowance), 補助 (allowance), 补贴 (Subsidies). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | subvence, podpora (assistance, backing, backup, boost, encouragement, furtherance, lift, pension, promotion, relief, subvention, support), příspìvek (contribution, supply), dotace (grant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | tilskud (grant, grant aid, grants, outright grant, subsidie). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | subsidie (grant, grant aid, grant-in-aid, subsidie), toelage (allocation, allowance, bonus, grant, grant aid, grant-in-aid, scholarship, study bursary, study grant, subsidie), stipendium (stipend), ondersteuning (assistance, bracing, claw, relief, shoring, strap). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | subvencio. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | subventio (grant, grant aid, subsidie), avustus (allowance, assistance, contribution, grant, help, relief, subscription, support). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | subvention (subsidization, subvention, support). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Subvention (grant, price support, subvention), zuschuss (contribution, grant, grant-in-aid), beihilfe (abetment, abets, aid, aiding and abetting, allowance, contribution, financial assistance, grant, grant-in-aid, help). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | επιχορήγηση (allowance, appanage, subvention), επιδότηση (bounty, support). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | סובסי"י" (subvention), סע" כספי (subvention), סבסו" (subsidization). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szubvenció (grant, subvention). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | tunjangan (aid, alimony, allowance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | sovvenzione (grant, subvention), sussidio (aid, dole, grant, handout, subvention, welfare). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 助成金 (grant-in-aid), 交付金 (bounty, grant), 控除 (deduction), 扶助料 (aid or relief allowance), 奨励金 , 保護金 , 下付金 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | しょうれいき", ふじょりょう (aid or relief allowance), ほ"き", かふき", "うふき" (bounty, grant), "うじょ (deduction, filial daughter, imperial princess, public order, subtraction), じょせいき" (grant-in-aid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 장 금 (Subsidies). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | argid choonee. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ubsidysay subsídio (aid, bounty, dole, subvention), subvenção (subvention). (various references) subvenţie (grant, subvention), subsidiu (grant, stipend). (various references) субсидия (appropriation-in-aid, grant, grant-in-aid, subsidia, subsidium, subvention). (various references) subvencija (grant, subvention). (various references) subsidio (benefit, bounty, subsidization). (various references) understöd (aid, allowance, assistance, backstop, encouragement, relief, support), bidrag (allowance, contribution, grant, share). (various references) sübvansiyon (government grant, subvention), para yardımı, devlet desteği (government grant, subvention). (various references) субсидія (appropriation-in-aid, grant, pension, subvention), дотація (appropriation-in-aid, grant). (various references) tiền cấp tiền trợ cấp. (various references) cymhorthdal (grant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | subsidium. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | subside. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "subsidy": antisubsidy. (additional references) | |
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"Subsidy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: subsady, subsedy, subsi, subsid, subsidie, subsidiy, subsity, susidy. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "subsidy" (pronounced su"bsudē) |
| 4 | -s u d ē | prosody, rhapsody. |
| 3 | -u d ē | anybody, comedy, custody, malady, melody, nobody, parody, perfidy, raggedy, remedy, tragedy. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-i-s-s-u-y" | |
-2 letters: byssi, sudsy. | |
-3 letters: bids, buds, buss, busy, buys, dibs, diss, dubs, sibs, subs, suds, yids. | |
-4 letters: bid, bis, bud, bus, buy, bys, dib, dis, dub, dui, ids, sib, sis, sub, yid. | |
-5 letters: bi, by, id, is, si, us. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-d-i-s-s-u-y" | |
+2 letters: bodysuits. | |
+3 letters: busybodies, subsidiary. | |
+4 letters: antisubsidy, subindustry. | |
+5 letters: indissolubly, subsidiarily, subsidiarity. | |
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