state aid

noun

: public monies appropriated by a state government for the partial support or improvement of a public local institution

Examples of state aid in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Older districts are dealing with the additional gut punch of declining enrollment, the student population headcount that is tied to state aid. Elliot Mann, Twin Cities, 30 Sep. 2024 And in theory, the selectivity assessment for state aid is supposed to be based on domestic law. Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024 Others have argued the funds should be set aside for a rainy day when it is urgently needed, with the nearly €70 billion of state aid in 2010 still fresh in policymakers’ minds. Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Europe, 11 Sep. 2024 In the ruling against Apple, the ECJ upheld a 2016 decision by the European Commission, which found that Ireland had granted Apple unlawful state aid that it was required to recover. Hanna Ziady, CNN, 10 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for state aid 

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Word History

First Known Use

1855, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of state aid was in 1855

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“State aid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/state%20aid. Accessed 11 Oct. 2024.

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