subsidy
noun
a direct pecuniary aid furnished by a government to a private industrial undertaking, a charity organization, or the like.
subsidies
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pluralof subsidy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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She’s done dozens of interviews chronicling an industry that rose to prominence in the 1970s and grew on subsidies designed to promote it as renewable energy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
Since then, under mounting price competition from wind and solar, loss of subsidies and community opposition, the industry has contracted.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
In September, Beijing unveiled a raft of support measures, including lower interest rates for some businesses and subsidies for property buyers, in an effort to boost the economy.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
At Eugene Henaff, one-third of meals served fall into the lowest-income bracket, with families paying 20 or 50 cents and the Ile-de-France region covering the rest, the region said, noting that no subsidies were pending.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
Overlooked in these reports was the fact that the program in question was a pilot project that offered far more generous child care and other subsidies than Minnesota’s actual welfare reform program.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
