state aid

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of state aid¹

An Americanism dating back to 1855–60

Example Sentences

"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.

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All this has been fueled by hundreds of millions of dollars that have come to the town and its residents from federal and state aid, from private charitable foundations, and from PG&E, which paid more than $13 billion to settle lawsuits for its power lines sparking the Camp fire and other giant blazes in the state.

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Sir David claims ministers rejected his rival bid to purchase the business because it was potentially incompatible with state aid rules, and criticised Mr Gupta's management of Liberty Steel in the years since.

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From January through mid-April of this year, $4 million in federal aid and more than $760,000 in state aid have been disbursed and written off as fraud by California community colleges, according to chancellor’s office data.

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In 2024 through 2025 to date, students received roughly $2 billion in total aid from all federal sources, including loans and Pell Grants, and about $1.5 billion in state aid, the officials said.

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