What does subsidy mean?
Subsidy means Financial support or assistance, such as a grant..
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/ˈsʌbsɪdi/ · noun
Financial support or assistance, such as a grant..
Manufacturing firms are supported by government subsidies in some countries.
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 and subsidies ensure that press barons will only defy the mighty so far.
You don't have to be Einstein to work out that this level of government subsidy is unsustainable.
Use subsidy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Subsidy means Financial support or assistance, such as a grant..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
Possible antonyms include tax.
Manufacturing firms are supported by government subsidies in some countries.
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