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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishsubsidy,subsidie, fromAnglo-Normansubsidee,subsidie, fromOld Frenchsubside, fromLatinsubsidium(support, assistance), fromsubsido fromsub-(“below”) +‎sīdō(“sit”).

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Noun

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subsidy (countable anduncountable,pluralsubsidies)

  1. Financialsupport orassistance, such as agrant.
    Manufacturing firms are supported by governmentsubsidies in some countries.
    • 2013 August 10, Lexington, “Keeping the mighty honest”, inThe Economist, volume408, number8848:
      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 andsubsidies ensure that press barons will only defy the mighty so far.
    • 2022 January 12, Sir Michael Holden, “Reform of the workforce or death by a thousand cuts?”, inRAIL, number948, page22:
      You don't have to be Einstein to work out that this level of governmentsubsidy is unsustainable.
  2. (dated)Moneygranted byparliament to theBritishCrown.

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financial support
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