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corporate welfare

American  
  1. financial assistance, as tax breaks or subsidies, given by the government to profit-making companies, especially large corporations.


Etymology

Origin of corporate welfare

1990–95,

Example Sentences

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A new report on business subsidies in Michigan during her tenure adds to the evidence that corporate welfare is a bad economic bet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026

“I do not support corporate welfare, … but I also do not support unjust enrichment,” Essayli said Thursday.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 1, 2023

Once criticized by conservatives as "picking winners and losers" and by progressives as corporate welfare, a U.S. industrial policy is enjoying a rare bipartisan consensus, even in staunchly Republican states like Ohio.

From Reuters • Feb. 23, 2023

AFP Action is evaluating candidates on such policy areas as corporate welfare, economic opportunity, education, immigration and trade.

From Washington Times • Jan. 20, 2020

White, black and Latino; union and non-union; evangelical and secular; immigrant and native-born — all focused on ending big money in politics, stopping corporate welfare and crony capitalism, busting up monopolies and stopping voter suppression.

From Salon • Jul. 11, 2019

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