Definition: 1. A grant paid by a government to an enterprise that benefits the public.
Use 'subsidy' in a sentence:
1. The Air Services are not yet sound enough economically to operate without government subsidies.
2. Many farmers have to depend on subsidies to make a living wage.
3. Some Banks might be unable to afford the annual subsidy premium.
4. The townsfolk don't see it this way and the local council does not contribute directly to the subsidy of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
5. Spain’s fixed-price subsidy system for solar energy has been a disaster.
6. European officials say the export restrictions increased the global price for the raw materials, and gave Chinese companies a clear commercial advantage which, in effect, constitutes a hidden subsidy.
7. Without the subsidy, margins would have been a little more than 40%.
8. It's easy to see why they do not deserve a public subsidy.
9. They've also slashed state subsidies to utilities and transportation.
10. The state has set up a medical subsidy program for civil servants.
11. But in that case is a subsidy needed?
12. Others would declare China's currency to be just such a subsidy.
13. The subsidy of 45 cents per gallon remains.
14. There were also pledges to soften the impact of the subsidy cuts on the poorer regions.
15. The cost of getting there is mitigated by Sydney's offer of a subsidy.
16. The Commerce Department repeatedly has imposed anti-subsidy duties on imports.
17. Over half the subsidy goes to the richest tenth of Americans.
18. America's farms are some of the country's biggest subsidy hogs.
19. The subsidies are designed to cushion farmers against unpredictable weather.
20. 30,000 angry farmers demonstrated against possible cuts in subsidies.
21. Spain's fixed-price subsidy system for solar energy has been a disaster.
22. A clash with America over farm subsidies had left the Europeans and their common agricultural policy shaken but not stirred.
23. The subsidy would be paid for by an increase in cigarette taxes.
24. I find it difficult to imagine a more grotesque subsidy.
25. Overseas subsidy will be added to the regular salary.
26. European farmers are planning a massive demonstration against farm subsidy cuts.
27. Soon, everybody will get the subsidy.
28. The second is government policy and subsidy.
29. That's true for voters. But government subsidy is a wobbly foundation on which to build a business.
30. Our Government should be fighting for an end to food subsidies.
31. The currency policy ACTS as a subsidy and an import tax.
32. There have been swingeing cuts on government subsidies, on housing, food and fuel.
33. Everyone agrees that subsidies have to be slashed.
34. The United States had no intention of backing down in its bitter row over farm subsidies.
35. But the subsidy would not discourage their consumption.
36. His department is responsible for dealing with international disagreements over trade subsidies.
37. Other analysts have questioned the wisdom of the child subsidy proposal.
38. Under U.S. trade remedy law, a countervailable subsidy must be specific to a particular industry.
39. This could provide a defence against future emissions regulations or perhaps help it grab green subsidies.
40. I am all for cutting carbon dioxide emissions, but that would be much more easily achieved by giving subsidies to windpower, than with nuclear power.
41. Farmers will lobby Congress for higher subsidies.
42. Subsidies to farmers will be phased out by next year.
43. The two American negotiators are calling for substantial cuts in external subsidies.
44. The townsfolk can't understand why the Royal Shakespeare Company needs a subsidy.
45. The US wants big cuts in European agricultural export subsidies, but this is meeting resistance.
46. If the Europeans did not reduce subsidies, a trade war would ensue.
47. To ease financial difficulties, farmers could be compensated for their loss of subsidies.
48. A meeting of agriculture ministers in Luxembourg today has so far failed to reach agreement over farm subsidies.
49. You serve in the army for a few years, and when you retire, you get a US military subsidy.
50. He fears that until state subsidies are removed, Russia will never have a truly free press.
51. The committee split over government subsidies.
52. Subsidy and currency levers can also be pulled to distort trade.
53. The British government is expected to reject the idea of state subsidy for a new high speed railway.
54. The government is expected to reject the idea of state subsidy for a new high-speed railway.
55. The report analysed the effect of various child care subsidies.
56. The idea was that there be a federal subsidy, financial assistance to artists and artistic or cultural institutions.
57. European agriculture ministers failed to break the deadlock over farm subsidies.
