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unsubsidized

American  
[uhn-suhb-si-dahyzd] / ʌnˈsʌb sɪˌdaɪzd /

adjective

  1. not funded or assisted by a subsidy.


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Headline inflation could edge up to 2.0% from 1.9% in August, driven by higher prices for unsubsidized fuels, ANZ economist Sanjay Mathur said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

However, interest on unsubsidized loans begins accruing as soon as the funds are disbursed, and the borrower is responsible for paying that interest over the life of the loan.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 31, 2025

By leaving out a discussion of ways to loosen the housing market for tenants, the report misses a crucial, and largely unsubsidized, element to limit the flow of people into homelessness, Ward said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2024

But the most common are direct subsidized and unsubsidized loans, which are taken by the person who is completing the college degree.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 15, 2023

Besides these there are other companies engaged in the coasting and river traffic, either with subsidies from the state governments, as feeders for railway lines, or as private unsubsidized undertakings.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

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