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subsidy

noun
/ˈsʌbsɪdi/CA/ˈsɐbsɪdi/

Etymology

From Middle English subsidy, subsidie, from Anglo-Norman subsidee, subsidie, from Old French subside, from Latin subsidium (support, assistance), from subsido from sub- (“below”) + sīdō (“sit”).

  1. derived from subsidee
  2. inherited from subsidy

Definitions

  1. Financial support or assistance, such as a grant.

    • Manufacturing firms are supported by government subsidies in some countries.
    • You don't have to be Einstein to work out that this level of government subsidy is unsustainable.

  2. Money granted by parliament to the British Crown.

The neighborhood

Derived

antisubsidy, cross-subsidy, export subsidy, nonsubsidy, spare room subsidy, subsidy publisher

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at subsidy. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at subsidy. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at subsidy

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA