subsidy
//ˈsʌbsɪdi//
Forms
- Plural
- subsidies
Definitions
1.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.
Frequency
Overall
Rare· #4465
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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”).