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subsidies

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sub⋅si⋅dy

  [suhb-si-dee]
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–noun, plural -dies.
1. a direct pecuniary aid furnished by a government to a private industrial undertaking, a charity organization, or the like.
2. a sum paid, often in accordance with a treaty, by one government to another to secure some service in return.
3. a grant or contribution of money.
4. money formerly granted by the English Parliament to the crown for special needs.
Origin:
1325–75; ME subsidie < AF < L subsidium auxiliary force, reserve, help, equiv. to sub- sub- + sid-, comb. form of sedēre to sit 1 + -ium -ium

Synonyms:
1. Subsidy, subvention are both grants of money, especially governmental, to aid private undertakings. A subsidy is usually given to promote commercial enterprise: a subsidy to manufacturers during a war. A subvention is usually a grant to stimulate enterprises connected with science and the arts: a subvention to a research chemist by a major company.
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sub·si·dy   (sŭb'sĭ-dē)   
n.   pl. sub·si·dies

  1. Monetary assistance granted by a government to a person or group in support of an enterprise regarded as being in the public interest.

  2. Financial assistance given by one person or government to another.

  3. Money formerly granted to the British Crown by Parliament.


[Middle English subsidie, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin subsidium, support : sub-, behind, beneath; see sub- + sedēre, to sit; see sed- in Indo-European roots.]
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Cultural Dictionary

subsidy

A grant made by a government to some individual or business in order to maintain an acceptable standard of living or to stimulate economic growth.

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Word Origin & History

subsidy 
c.1380, from Anglo-Fr. subsidie, from O.Fr. subside "help, aid, contribution," from L. subsidium "help, aid, assistance, (military) reinforcements," from sub "behind, near" + sedere "to sit" (see sedentary). Subsidize is from 1795. Originally of nations, "to buy neutrality or alliance." Meaning "to support by grants of money" is from 1828.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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