Definition for Subsidy:

• sub'si-di, n. assistance: aid in money: a sum of money paid by one state to another for assistance in war.-- adv. SUBSID'IARILY.-- adj. SUBSID'IARY, furnishing a subsidy, help, or additional supplies: aiding.-- n. one who, or that which, aids or supplies: an assistant.-- v.t. SUB'SID[= I]SE, to furnish with a subsidy, grant, or regular allowance: to purchase the aid of, to buy over.-- SUBSIDIARY TROOPS, mercenaries. [ Fr.,-- L. subsidium, orig. troops stationed behind in reserve, aid-- sub, under, sid[) e]re, to settle.]

Synonyms for Subsidy:

• n.

  •aid (noun)
  • co-operation,
  • co-operations,
  • ministries,
  • ministrations,
  • leg up,
  • shot in the arm,
  • ministration.
  •allowance (noun)
  • be-quest,
  • be-quests,
  • in heritance,
  • be quest,
  • in-heritances,
  • in heritances,
  • be quests,
  • in-heritance.
  •appropriation (noun)
  • pro-visions,
  • pro vision,
  • end-owing,
  • pro-vision,
  • endowings,
  • earmarkings,
  • pro visions,
  • budgetings,
  • end owing,
  • setting aparts,
  • sponsorings.
  •backing (noun)
  • championings.
  •depletion allowance (noun)
  • tax write offs,
  • tax write-offs,
  • tax writeoffs,
  • tax write off,
  • depletion-allowance,
  • tax writeoff.
  •donation (noun)
  • do ones part,
  • do parts,
  • do one's parts,
  • helping hand largesses,
  • do one parts,
  • write offs,
  • do one part,
  • pre sent,
  • giftings,
  • writeoff,
  • pre-sents,
  • writeoffs,
  • do ones parts,
  • pre-sent,
  • do part,
  • a hands.
  •endowment (noun)
  • in-come,
  • in-comes,
  • re venue,
  • in come,
  • re-venues,
  • re venues,
  • in comes,
  • re-venue.
  •finance (noun)
  • finance.
  •gift (noun)
  • largesse,
  • offertory,
  • giveaway,
  • Offertories,
  • Fairing,
  • hand-me-down,
  • goodie,
  • hand-me-downs,
  • donation,
  • giveaways.
  •patronage (noun)
  • guardianship,
  • Patronization.
  •payment (noun)
  • defrayment,
  • retaliation,
  • Downs,
  • amortization,
  • pay-offs,
  • out lay,
  • defrayal,
  • pay-off.
  •pension (noun)
  • superannuation,
  • retirement account.
  •possession (noun)
  • subsidy.
  •price support (noun)
  • economic supports,
  • tax benefits,
  • price-support.
  •safety net (noun)
  • pre cautions,
  • pre-caution,
  • sheet anchors,
  • para chutes,
  • safety-net,
  • para chute,
  • para-chute,
  • preventive measures,
  • pre-cautions,
  • para-chutes,
  • government aids,
  • pre caution,
  • protective umbrellas,
  • safety plugs,
  • level economic security guaranteed by government.
  •transferal (noun)
  • trans feral,
  • trans-feral.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • payment.
  •
  • support.
  •
  • fellowship.
  •assistance
  • backing.
  •premium
  • gratuity,
  • honorarium,
  • bequest,
  • scholarship.

Paraphrases for Subsidy:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    subsidization.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    subsidization.
  • Adverb
    Subsidies.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Proper noun, singular
    subvention, subventions.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    subvention.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    subsidised.
  • Proper noun, singular
    estates, subsidised.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    premium.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    grant, subsidized.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Subsidizing, allowances, grant, subsidized.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    subsidising, grant-in-aid, grant, bonus, reimbursement.

Antonyms for Subsidy:

• n.

  • money given to help another
    hindrance, injury, loss, stop, forfeit.

Subsidy Sentence Examples:

• These lands are a little bit of a small portion out of many millions of acres given as a subsidy, a gift, to build the Southern Pacific Railroad, which road, the charter said, was to pass through San Diego and terminate at Fort Yuma.

• Price fixing and subsidy will both increase the surplus, instead of diminishing it.

Hypernym for Subsidy:

• n.

  • possession
    price support, subvention.

Hyponym for Subsidy:

• n.

  • possession
    grant.