Definition of subsidy
subsidies
: a grant or gift of money: such asa : a sum of money formerly granted by the British Parliament to the crown and raised by special taxationb : money granted by one state to anotherc : a grant by a government to a private person or company to assist an enterprise deemed advantageous to the public
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Examples of subsidy in a Sentence
The city is increasing subsidies for public transit.
government subsidies for farmers in case of crop failure
Recent Examples of subsidy from the Web
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The U.S. carriers say the subsidies have given the Gulf carriers an unfair advantage on international routes to the Middle East, India and Africa.
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The Senate bill preserves enough of those subsidies to increase Medicaid block-grant allotments by yet another $43 billion per year, to $505 billion.
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Its subsidies help only customers earning below about $48,000 a year for a single person.
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Cities and countries are written up as commodities and investment opportunities rather than real places with intractable problems that require more than a subsidy to resolve.
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The money from the tax boost would instead be used to bolster proposed health care subsidies for lower-income people.
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That would allow McConnell to pump more funding into Medicaid, the insurance subsidies and the opioid crisis.
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Smaller tax cuts would, in turn, free up more money for McConnell to spend on Medicaid and insurance subsidies for poor and middle-class Americans.
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Paul said the government can't afford the $120 billion in subsidies for the new Republican health care model and said his solution would involve legalizing the ability for citizens to shop over state lines for their plans.
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SUBSIDY Defined for English Language Learners
subsidy
playDefinition of subsidy for English Language Learners
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: money that is paid usually by a government to keep the price of a product or service low or to help a business or organization to continue to function
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