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
With a larger budget deficit, Beijing could more than double the size of the consumer trade-in program from last year to over 300 billion yuan in subsidies, UBS’ Wang said.
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Anniek Bao,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2025
This includes broadening the types of expenditures and categories of production that qualify for tax credits to upping the maximum amount a single title can receive in subsidies.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2025
The success of Musk’s own companies is a result of state support: Tesla has received at least $4.9 billion in government subsidies, and SpaceX relies heavily on NASA contracts and technology and staff that were developed and trained at NASA.
—Mariana Mazzucato, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
At the time, Gwangju offered a monthly payment to parents of about a hundred and fifty dollars, on top of a five-hundred-dollar subsidy that the federal government paid each month until the child went to day care.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
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Anniek Bao,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2025
This includes broadening the types of expenditures and categories of production that qualify for tax credits to upping the maximum amount a single title can receive in subsidies.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2025
The success of Musk’s own companies is a result of state support: Tesla has received at least $4.9 billion in government subsidies, and SpaceX relies heavily on NASA contracts and technology and staff that were developed and trained at NASA.
—Mariana Mazzucato, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
At the time, Gwangju offered a monthly payment to parents of about a hundred and fifty dollars, on top of a five-hundred-dollar subsidy that the federal government paid each month until the child went to day care.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subsidy
Noun
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For the 2025 fiscal year, the IRS awarded $53 million in such grants to 315 VITA organizations and 41 groups participating in a sister program, Tax Counseling for the Elderly (TCE).—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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There's concern that making massive changes to the Education Department could impact millions of families and students who rely on the agency for loans, grants and other support, experts say.—
Aimee Picchi,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2025
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The state has not increased the basic allotment per student since 2019.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Feb. 2025
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Muhammad had a heated exchange with the board’s chair, Anthony Rodriguez, over the one-minute time limit Rodriguez imposed on speakers, saying there were too many people signed up to address the commission to allow for the normal two-minute allotment.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
23 Jan. 2025
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The plaintiffs contend that the Department failed to follow proper rulemaking procedures and ignored congressional mandates in the most recent education appropriations bill.—
Scott White,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
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Some Democrats prefer a plan that would see the passage of a shorter stopgap measure to allow completion of work on full-year appropriations bills.—
Lauren Peller,
ABC News,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Subsidy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subsidy. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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