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SUBSIDY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A grant paid by a government to an enterprise that benefits the public
Example:
a subsidy for research in artificial intelligence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("subsidy" is a kind of...):
grant (any monetary aid)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "subsidy"):
subvention (grant of financial aid as from a government to an educational institution)
price support (a government subsidy used to maintain prices at a certain level)
Derivation:
