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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Subsidy \Sub"si*dy\, n.; pl. Subsidies. [L. subsidium the
     troops stationed in reserve in the third line of battlem
     reserve, support, help, fr. subsidere to sit down, lie in
     wait: cf. F. subside. See Subside.]
     1. Support; aid; co["o]peration; esp., extraordinary aid in
        money rendered to the sovereign or to a friendly power.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              They advised the king to send speedy aids, and with
              much alacrity granted a great rate of subsidy.
                                                    --Bacon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Subsidies were taxes, not immediately on on property,
           but on persons in respect of their reputed estates,
           after the nominal rate of 4s. the pound for lands, and
           2s. 8d. for goods. --Blackstone.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Specifically: A sum of money paid by one sovereign or
        nation to another to purchase the co["o]peration or the
        neutrality of such sovereign or nation in war.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Tribute; grant.
  
     Usage: Subsidy, Tribute. A subsidy is voluntary; a
            tribute is exacted.
            [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Subsidy \Sub"si*dy\, n.; pl. Subsidies. [L. subsidium the
     troops stationed in reserve in the third line of battlem
     reserve, support, help, fr. subsidere to sit down, lie in
     wait: cf. F. subside. See Subside.]
     1. Support; aid; co["o]peration; esp., extraordinary aid in
        money rendered to the sovereign or to a friendly power.
  
              They advised the king to send speedy aids, and with
              much alacrity granted a great rate of subsidy.
                                                    --Bacon.
  
     Note: Subsidies were taxes, not immediately on on property,
           but on persons in respect of their reputed estates,
           after the nominal rate of 4s. the pound for lands, and
           2s. 8d. for goods. --Blackstone.
  
     2. Specifically: A sum of money paid by one sovereign or
        nation to another to purchase the co["o]peration or the
        neutrality of such sovereign or nation in war.
  
     3. 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.
  
     Syn: Tribute; grant.
  
     Usage: Subsidy, Tribute. A subsidy is voluntary; a
            tribute is exacted.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  subsidy
       n : a grant paid by a government to an enterprise that benefits
           the public; "a subsidy for research in artificial
           intelligence"

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  subsidy
     Αγγλικά n.
     επιχορήγηση

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  subsidy
     n.
     financial support or assistance, such as a grant.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  subsidy
     n.
     financial support or assistance, such as a grant.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  subsidy
     n.
     financial support or assistance, such as a grant.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  subsidy
     n.
     financial support or assistance, such as a grant.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  subsidy
     Englanti n.
     1 avustus
     2 (yhteys taloustiede k=en) tukiainen

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  subsidy
     Engelska n.
     subvention

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  subsidy /sˈʌbsɪdi/
  subsidie

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Subsidy /sˈʌbsɪdi/
  الإعانة المالية

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  subsidy //ˈsʌbsɪdi// 
  субси́дия
  financial support

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  subsidy /sˈʌbsɪdi/ 
  dotace

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  subsidy /sˈʌbsɪdi/
   [eko] podpora, půjčka

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  subsidy /sˈʌbsɪdi/ 
  podpora

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  subsidy /sˈʌbsɪdi/ 
  cymhorthdal 

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  subsidy /sˈʌbsɪdi/ 
  cymhorthdal 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  subsidy /sˈʌbsɪdi/
   [state] Subvention , Beihilfe  [staatliche] , Beitrag  [Schw.] , Zustupf  [Schw.]  [fin.]  [pol.]
     Synonyms: subvention, grant
  
   see: state subsidy, state grant
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  subsidy /sˈʌbsɪdi/
  Subventionsmaßnahme  [fin.]
     Synonyms: subsidy measure, subsidy scheme
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  subsidy /sˈʌbsɪdi/
  
  επιδότηση, επιχορήγηση

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  subsidy //ˈsʌbsɪdi// 
  avustus, tuki, apu, subventio, valtionapu
  financial support

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  subsidy /sʌbsədiː/
  subvention

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  subsidy /sˈʌbsɪdi/ 
  1. आर्थिक सहायता
        "Agricultural subsidies reduces the level of subsidy."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  subsidy /sˈʌbsɪdi/
  potpora, subvencija

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  subsidy /sˈʌbsɪdi/
  1. pénzbeli segítség
  2. segély
  3. támogatás
  4. szubvenció
  5. anyagi támogatás
  6. fegyveres segítség
  7. segélypénz

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  subsidy //ˈsʌbsɪdi// 
  援助, 補助
  financial support

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  subsidy /sʌbsədiː/
  ondersteuning, stipendium, subsidie, toelage

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  subsidy /ˈsʌbsɪdɪ/ 
    dotacja, subwencja

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  subsidy /sʌbsədiː/
  subsídio, subvenção

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  subsidy //ˈsʌbsɪdi// 
  subvention
  financial support

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  subsidy /sˈʌbsɪdi/
  1. kamu yararına olan bir teşebbüse hükümetçe verilen para yardımı
  2. ing. tar. Parlamento tarafından krala verilen tahsisat
  3. iane, para yardımı.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈsəbsɪdi/

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :   [ bouvier ]

  SUBSIDY, Eng. law. An aid, tax or tribute granted by parliament to the king 
  for the urgent occasions of the kingdom, to be levied on every subject of 
  ability, according to the value of his lands or goods. Jacob's Law. Dict. 
  h.t. 
       2. The assistance given in money by one nation to another to enable it 
  the better to carry on a war, when such nation does not join directly in the 
  war, is called a subsidy. Vattel, liv. 3, Sec. 82. See Neutrality. 
  
  

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  108 Moby Thesaurus words for "subsidy":
     TLC, accouterment, aid, alimony, allotment, allowance, annuity,
     armament, assistance, backing, bounty, bread, capitalization, care,
     carriage, carrying, catering, chandlery, contribution, daily bread,
     deficit financing, depletion allowance, dole, economic support,
     endowment, equipment, fellowship, financial assistance,
     financial backing, financial support, financing, finding,
     fitting out, funding, furnishing, furnishment, gift, grant,
     grant-in-aid, grubstake, guaranteed annual income, help,
     investment, keep, livelihood, living, logistics, maintenance,
     manna, meat, moral support, mothering, nourishment, nurture,
     old-age insurance, outfitting, patronization, paying the bills,
     pecuniary aid, pension, preparation, price support, procurement,
     providing, provision, provision of capital, provisioning,
     psychological support, public assistance, public welfare,
     purveyance, reinforcement, reliance, relief, replenishment,
     resupply, retailing, retirement benefits, reward, scholarship,
     security blanket, selling, sponsorship, stake, standing treat,
     stipend, subsidization, subsidizing, subsistence, subvention,
     supply, supplying, support, supportive relationship,
     supportive therapy, sustaining, sustainment, sustenance,
     sustentation, tax benefit, tender loving care, treat, upholding,
     upkeep, victualing, welfare, welfare aid, welfare payments
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n. 补助金,津贴;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 补助金,津贴

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