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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sub•si•dy /ˈsʌbsɪdi/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -dies. - Governmenta direct payment of money made by a government to a private commercial business or industry, an individual, or another government:The subsidies paid to the rice farmers guarantee that the farmer receives a high price without the consumer having to pay a high price, too.
- Governmentany grant or contribution of money.
See -sid-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sub•si•dy (sub′si dē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -dies. - Business, Governmenta direct pecuniary aid furnished by a government to a private industrial undertaking, a charity organization, or the like.
- Business, Governmenta sum paid, often in accordance with a treaty, by one government to another to secure some service in return.
- Governmenta grant or contribution of money.
- British Terms, World Historymoney formerly granted by the English Parliament to the crown for special needs.
- Latin subsidium auxiliary force, reserve, help, equivalent. to sub- sub- + sid-, combining form of sedēre to sit1 + -ium -ium
- Anglo-French
- Middle English subsidie 1325–75
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged Subsidy, subvention are both grants of money, especially governmental, to aid private undertakings. A subsidy is usually given to promote commercial enterprise:a subsidy to manufacturers during a war.A subvention is usually a grant to stimulate enterprises connected with science and the arts:a subvention to a research chemist by a major company.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: subsidy /ˈsʌbsɪdɪ/ n ( pl -dies)- a financial aid supplied by a government, as to industry, for reasons of public welfare, the balance of payments, etc
- a financial grant made originally for special purposes by Parliament to the Crown
- any monetary contribution, grant, or aid
Etymology: 14th Century: from Anglo-Norman subsidie, from Latin subsidium assistance, from subsidēre to remain, from sub- down + sedēre to sit |