Subsidy
a subsidy (noun) - money paid by the government to help a business or group of people, or to provide a public service
subsidize (verb)
heavy subsidies
huge subsidies
she clearly wasn't bothered by the fact she was having to subsidize me
agricultural subsidies
export subsidies
food subsidies
housing subsidies
imports of subsidized products from Brazil
subsidize the price of such staple foods as wheat, flour and cooking oil
hidden subsidies
indirect subsidies
government subsidies
subsidized fares
a hell of a subsidized price
with its reduced budget cannot afford to subsidize the schools
humanitarian organizations which would subsidize community schools on a non-profit basis
subsidize this at the rate of a pound per metre
a person willing to subsidize the publication of his own memoirs
support private industry through the provision of subsidized inputs
government departments enjoy subsidized tariffs for their rail transport
the level of subsidies
provide subsidies
receive subsidies
pay subsdies
lose subsidies
cover the direct costs and subsidize the overheads
cut fares and subsidize travellers out of rate revenue and central government grants
some newspaper proprietors subsidize their newspapers on political grounds
richer districts subsidize poorer districts
the government is going to subsidize the coal industry
profitable routes subsidize non-profitable routess
powerful economic forces to subsidize and support them
federal government subsidizes local government
levies a tax with the proceeds being used to subsidize wages
robbing the pension fund of millions to subsidize passenger operations
raise tax revenue in order to subsidize the poor
subsidize the poor
the government wishes to subsidize the poor
subsidize an inner-city subway to prevent people driving through congested streets
subsidy cost consumers extra
phase out a subsidy
reforms set about dismantling the generous subsidies to farming
remove subsidies
farm subsidies
slash subsidies
blanket subsidies
benefit from hidden subsidies
granting subsidies to many areas of the economy
the provision of subsidies from central government
generous subsidies
dismantling the generous subsidies to farming
reforms dismantling the generous subsidies
willing to participate in the programme if subsidies are provided for the first couple of years
private shareholders cannot be expected to subsidize the wider goals of society as a whole
subsidize export credit
Example sentences:
* Who pays the taxes to finance the subsidy?
* Jenny, as I had already worked out, was a woman of some means and she clearly wasn't bothered by the fact she was having to subsidize me.
* The Ministry of Education with its reduced budget cannot afford to subsidize the schools, so the teacher orders the students to sell lottery tickets in order to buy exercise books, blackboards and so on.
* Since private shareholders cannot be expected to subsidize the wider goals of society as a whole, public ownership may then be inevitable.
* Governments subsidize export credit in various ways.
* Three for twenty six pounds, and ten pounds is a hell of a subsidized price.
* He realized a profit on other assets and used the money to subsidize the business.
* They support private industry not only through the provision of often subsidized inputs but also by providing guaranteed markets and assisting export endeavours.
* Government departments, notably the ministry of defence, enjoyed subsidized tariffs for their rail transport.
* But unless a person is willing to subsidize the publication of his own autobiography or memoirs, he must convince a publisher that the book will pay its way.
* Like the brick she was, Trish had kindly offered to subsidize my share of the rent until I found another job.
* This is probably more than just coincidence: it suggests that the Hall's financial policy has been to cover the direct costs and subsidize the overheads.
* Was the Greater London Council entitled to cut fares and subsidize travellers out of rate revenue and central government grants?
* We therefore condemn the use of public funds to subsidize obscenity and blasphemy masquerading as art.
* There was no provision for richer districts to subsidize poorer, hence unions with large numbers of poor persons could not tap the resources of those with few or none --; a source of increasing resentment among Guardians of some poorer unions.
* In today's press it says that er the government is going to subsidize the coal industry something like seven hundred millions due to the miners' kerfuffle, which is going to mean between five and ten pounds subsidy per ton.
* There is, of course, considerable debate as to the degree to which profitable routes should subsidize (in conjunction with the rates) the non-profitable routes.
* Authorize the annual payment of money to local authorities to subsidize local rates.
* Unlike the Conservative and Labour Parties there are no powerful economic forces to subsidize and support them.
* Laura Ashley bought substantial amounts of tweed from Cambrian Mill and although they paid the regular price, the company drew upon its charity budget to subsidize this at the rate of a pound per metre.
* The government levies a capital tax with the proceeds being used to subsidize wages.
* The government plan to help private operators by robbing the Railworkers' Pension Fund of millions of pounds to subsidize their operations for passenger and freight on a scale that B R have never ever known.
* Suppose the government wishes to subsidize the poor.
* If the government wishes to raise tax revenue in order to subsidize the poor, it should levy a tax on films.
* Thus, for example, it may make sense to have an integrated commuter rail service and inner-city subway, and to subsidize it to prevent people driving through congested streets; but only a local government embracing both the suburbs and the inner city is likely to get close to the efficient policy.
* However, the two state-run foreign-exchange earners, the Suez Canal Authority and the Egyptian General Petroleum Company, continued to be paid at the old Central Bank rate, allowing the extra Epounds 0.40 to be retained in special accounts to subsidize the price of such staple foods as wheat, flour and cooking oil.
* Thus, where the subsidy solution is adopted there is a pressure for the government to take over the entire running of the industry so that all operations can be carefully monitored.
the only agricultural support system under which consumers pay a subsidy to farmers and end up paying more for their food than if they had not paid the subsidy in the first place
* Has not he realised that the CAP is the only agricultural support system under which consumers pay a subsidy to farmers and end up paying more for their food than if they had not paid the subsidy in the first place?
* The availability of poor relief was in fact a subsidy to rural manufacturing which allowed cheap wages.
* The subsidy is estimated to cost consumers an extra $3 per year.
* What it is actually, is about half the subsidy being phased out in these two goes.
* The blanket subsidies have been slashed, and their jobs may depend on actual sales.
* There was a time when sport benefited from hidden subsidies.
* The reforms set about dismantling the generous subsidies to farming, New Zealand's largest industry.
* Granting subsidies to many areas of the economy, something Mr Gaidar has called ruinous.
* The high per capita costs of ensuring these services, and the provision of subsidies from central government may be easier to justify where there is a closer relationship between farming and other activities.
* Many more farmers would be willing to undertake conversion if the Government were prepared to provide subsidies for the first five years to help re-equip.
* A woman spends many years charring in Cremona; she saves all her money to buy an apartment for her son when he gets married; her no-good husband, the boy's father, reappears after years and demands assistance; she refuses; when the son is engaged, she relents and negotiates subsidies to her ex-husband, for a suit, a car, a wedding-present; she organizes a big reception to which she invites all her former employers; nobody comes except a tennis-star; there is no sign of the husband; her lawyer tells her that the girl her son is marrying is her husband's mistress and that he had already taken over the apartment; she reflects a moment and decides to carry on with the reception, everything is all right, if no one notices anything, it is as though nothing has happened, passers-by are invited to join the wedding-party, which they happily do because the tennis-star is present; the husband turns up in his new car; no one takes any notice of him because no one knows who he is, except for the dealer he sometimes does jobs for, who tells him all new cars lose half their value as soon as they are bought and end up on the scrapheap anyway.
