state aid

American  

noun

1. financial support extended by a state government to a local institution serving the public, as a school or library.

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Etymology

Origin of state aid

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

Example Sentences

But unlike previous years, where state aid budgets, grants and other forms of concessional finance dominated negotiations, talks at this year’s conference headed in a new direction.

From The Wall Street Journal

The California Dream Act passed a decade later and opened up state aid, including Cal Grants, to undocumented students.

From Los Angeles Times

He sees the demand for a caste census as a push for more reservations - a cause driven by an "upwardly mobile minority", while the majority slips into deprivation and dependence on state aid.

From BBC

To implement the plan, Berlin needs an exemption from EU state aid laws that generally ban high national subsidies.

From Barron's

"We have global over capacity, unfair competition, state aid, and undercutting in prices and we are reacting to that", Stéphane Séjourné, the European Commission's executive vice president for prosperity and industrial strategy.

From BBC