as in grant
a sum of money allotted for a specific use by official or formal action
government subsidies for farmers in case of crop failure
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Recent Examples of subsidy
One of the bills heading to Polis would erase a fee paid by the state to businesses for collecting sales taxes -- an outdated subsidy, according to Democrats, and an unnecessary new burden now put on businesses, according to Republicans.
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Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 26 Aug. 2025
For Chile, that means not just film subsidies, and classic financing – TVs, for example, but Chile’s tax credits received under its Cultural Donation Law.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 25 Aug. 2025
The cost of running wiring from the electrical panel to parking spaces becomes much higher than for a single family home given the distances involved, and multifamily dwellings are rarely eligible for the subsidies offered to homeowners by municipalities and energy companies to install chargers.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2025
Both leading candidates, Quiroga and businessman Samuel Doria Medina, have pledged painful austerity measures including eliminating fuel and food subsidies—policies that risk sparking social unrest in a country where Indigenous and rural communities depend heavily on government support.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
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Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 26 Aug. 2025
For Chile, that means not just film subsidies, and classic financing – TVs, for example, but Chile’s tax credits received under its Cultural Donation Law.
—John Hopewell, Variety, 25 Aug. 2025
The cost of running wiring from the electrical panel to parking spaces becomes much higher than for a single family home given the distances involved, and multifamily dwellings are rarely eligible for the subsidies offered to homeowners by municipalities and energy companies to install chargers.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2025
Both leading candidates, Quiroga and businessman Samuel Doria Medina, have pledged painful austerity measures including eliminating fuel and food subsidies—policies that risk sparking social unrest in a country where Indigenous and rural communities depend heavily on government support.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subsidy
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While Levine Cava warned the grant funding is one-time money that shouldn’t be counted on in 2027, charities providing help for the elderly, after-school programs and other services are urging the mayor and commissioners to find more money to restore the grants fully.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
23 Aug. 2025
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Spain’s economy has also been bolstered by the European Union’s Next Generation EU funds which has made 163 billion euros available to Spain, through grants and loans.—
Gaelle Legrand,
CNBC,
23 Aug. 2025
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The Irish data protection authority — which ordered the company to pay more than half of its $1 billion allotment in fines back in April — has begun a second investigation into whether ByteDance facilitated improper Chinese access to European users’ TikTok data.—
Iain Martin,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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The agency is negotiating with the LCRA to increase its annual acre-foot allotment up to 2,000 acre-feet per year, which could sustain the city until 2080, depending on growth, Tichi said.—
Claire Osborn,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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The House is expected to take up its version of the annual appropriations bill for education in early September.—
Michael Vasquez,
NPR,
22 Aug. 2025
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The appropriations bill does not currently include any funding for the immigration proposal, which hasn't yet been filed.—
Vivian Jones,
The Tennessean,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Subsidy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subsidy. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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