subsidy

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman subsidie, from Old French subside, from Latin subsidium (support, assistance), from subsido from sub- (“below”) + sīdō (“sit”).

noun

  1. Financial support or assistance, such as a grant.
    Manufacturing firms are supported by government subsidies in some countries.
    British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins. Elsewhere in Europe, government contracts and subsidies ensure that press barons will only defy the mighty so far. 2013-08-10, Lexington, “Keeping the mighty honest”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848
    You don't have to be Einstein to work out that this level of government subsidy is unsustainable. January 12 2022, Sir Michael Holden, “Reform of the workforce or death by a thousand cuts?”, in RAIL, number 948, page 22
  2. (dated) Money granted by parliament to the British Crown.

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