SUBSIDY
\sˈʌbsɪdi], \sˈʌbsɪdi], \s_ˈʌ_b_s_ɪ_d_i]\
Definitions of SUBSIDY
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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Specifically: A sum of money paid by one sovereign or nation to another to purchase the cooperation or the neutrality of such sovereign or nation in war.
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A grant from the government, from a municipal corporation, or the like, to a private person or company to assist the establishment or support of an enterprise deemed advantageous to the public; a subvention; as, a subsidy to the owners of a line of ocean steamships.
By Oddity Software
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Money granted by one government to another; a government grant of money to aid a private enterprise.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Assistance: aid in money: a sum of money paid by one state to another for assistance in war: public money given in aid of enterprises of great and semi-public importance, such as railroads, steamship lines, etc.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
