SUBSIDY


Meaning of SUBSIDY in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

agricultural

In 1989 direct government expenditure on agricultural and industrial subsidies fell, in dollar terms, by 56% compared with 1988.

This may be the only way of escaping from the temptation of continuing perpetual agricultural subsidy in one guise or another.

State monopolies in the ports, telecommunications and fuel sectors would be abolished and agricultural and industrial subsidies ended.

annual

Further cuts in two stages were substantially to reduce the overall annual business subsidies , which totalled 51,000 million Marks.

direct

A second form of state intervention to promote rural industrialization is the use of direct subsidies to change manufacturers' relative costs.

Even in the prosperous South-East there are demands for direct subsidy and state assistance.

The Minister refused a direct subsidy , but brought pressure on the Central Authority to do something.

federal

They prop up prices for growers by controlling production rather than through federal subsidies .

By me, by others. Federal subsidies are still given to tobacco farmers.

The vote came on an amendment to a sweeping farm bill aimed at weaning farmers from federal subsidies .

They include federal subsidies for the arts, pioneered in New Deal programs for unemployed artists.

States and agencies that violate the new law would risk losing federal subsidies .

Most beneficiaries of federal housing subsidies are wealthy or at least upper middle class.

The price of domestic peanuts is protected through manipulation of the total quota rather than through federal subsidies .

generous

These higher totals were obtained through more generous subsidies and a stimulus to private building.

large

In 1922 it received a shot in the arm through a large subsidy from the Central Committee.

local

Nevertheless, the balance between central and local government subsidy for sport changed markedly in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

In the mid-1980s local authorities' subsidies to sport were more than twice the amount given by central government.

massive

Nuclear power still attracts massive subsidies while coal mining is expected to compete in a harsh world market.

Still, it amounted to a massive subsidy to Wall Street from Congress.

Elbing s shipyards were kept going after the war only as a result of massive subsidy from the Reich.

They claim foreign governments pay massive subsidies to their aerospace industries and the unequal competition threatens the Jetstream factory's future.

public

That is not true today in many areas that previously had public subsidies .

Many of these projects are now losing massive amounts of money and only survive with public subsidies .

During the 1980s, legislation and public subsidies were directed at an increase in owner-occupation and an attack on council housing.

In the past, of course, no public subsidy was needed for the poor to purchase television sets.

And they did it without a public subsidy .

Or are public subsidies being given to support unspecified claims about cultural maintenance, diversity, and development?

The Government has cut public transport subsidies .

It might require public subsidies to political parties to finance their own newspapers and television stations.

■ NOUN

export

In order to compensate firms for the loss of their retention rights, the federal government set up a scheme of export subsidies .

Changes in tariffs and export subsidies might be used. 3.

farm

We hear about farm subsidies and the social wage.

Federal farm subsidies are riddled with hypocrisies.

Republicans would put a first-ever annual limit on farm subsidies .

Moreover, farm subsidies undermine the efforts of developing countries to follow Washington's economic prescriptions.

The price rises wiped out the need for farm subsidies .

food

It was growing from the twin roots of controlled food prices and food subsidies .

Perhaps you have forgotten about the food subsidies ?

Extra funds were given to agricultural production, food subsidies , and housing for armed forces personnel.

The unions threatened a further general strike on Aug. 22-23 if basic food subsidies and wages were not increased.

government

He also took government subsidies for agriculture, applying them to his catch-cropping enterprise.

The only educational investment most banks are willing to make without government subsidies or guarantees is for medical students.

But Robert Brown, Bombardier's chief executive, told analysts yesterday the SkyWest deal involved no government subsidies .

The banks receive a government subsidy to cover the differential between market interest rates and the loan's fixed interest rate.

It relied on government subsidy and was closed at the end of 1958.

The farmers are also helped by a Government subsidy for the number of livestock they keep on the uplands.

Their experts wasted no time in cutting trade barriers, limiting government subsidies and selling off state industries.

Perhaps a government subsidy , sourced from entertainment tax, should have been applied in the interests of mass circulation.

housing

The proposed budget cuts would have affected housing subsidies , pensions, family payments and civil service pay.

Insulation, incredibly enough in our climate, did not get housing subsidy and so is primitive or non-existent.

price

The cost of the compensation was being met out of the money saved by cutting price subsidies .

The cost transfer necessary would be far greater than the cost of the price subsidy .

A price subsidy causes the budget line to change to 13.

In this way the price subsidy scheme is a less efficient instrument for redistribution.

scheme

Eleven ministries run 18 different subsidy schemes for everything from school lunches to milk.

In this way the price subsidy scheme is a less efficient instrument for redistribution.

Funding and subsidy schemes were only to be allowed provided they were open to all artists in the Community.

state

This literature is very substantial and far more sophisticated than the state subsidy theory of strikes.

The school gets a $ 10. 3 million state subsidy , a third of its yearly budget.

The whole post-war attempt to democratise culture through State subsidy has failed.

Traditionally, the city has relied on federal and state subsidies to build affordable housing.

Expensive state subsidies cushioned but could not reverse Yucatan's long decline.

This is the state subsidy theory of strikes.

The second approach to verifying the state subsidy theory is through interviews with strikers.

In less fertile and inaccessible regions, introducing free market forces and removing state subsidies brought poverty instead of wealth.

tax

Anderson's proposal is for the tax subsidy to be limited to a five-year duration.

This raises an open question: What will these tax subsidies actually subsidize?

Paradoxically, the tax subsidy cushions the borrower from the full effects of a restrictive monetary policy.

It would eliminate some of the tax subsidies that benefit corporations.

Together they fought to keep the tax subsidy for churches in Connecticut and Massachusetts.

Without those tax subsidies , buyers will not be willing to pay the same prices for homes.

■ VERB

cut

Further cuts in government subsidies on petrol, diesel, kerosene and fertilizer were announced.

The Government has cut public transport subsidies .

To raise the money, the government has increased taxes and cut subsidies .

eliminate

The Republicans' budget proposal for 1995 would have eliminated the subsidy students can get while in college.

end

The government would end price controls and subsidies to industry, and impose tight budgets and curbs on welfare spending.

Would ending subsidies spell the end for small farms?

grant

The Good Parliament had refused to grant a subsidy , and accordingly another parliament was summoned for January 1377.

house

Octavia Hill believed, with most other Victorians, that housing should pay its way to her, housing subsidies were unthinkable.

Most beneficiaries of federal housing subsidies are wealthy or at least upper middle class.

The young reformer has attacked previously untouchable sectors such as the energy monopolies and housing subsidies .

The plan provided for large-scale modernization and renovation of public housing and the continuation of some housing subsidies for new construction.

increase

The government remains committed to continuing to subsidise the industry, though not to increasing the subsidy .

It's because Middlesbrough Council can not afford to increase the subsidy for concessionary fares from £1.35m.

To raise the money, the government has increased taxes and cut subsidies .

offer

And national or local government may offer subsidies for businesses to set up in favoured areas.

pay

Rather than paying out subsidies , the Government now receives substantial annual taxation receipts.

It pays interest subsidies only to Ford Credit, not other finance houses.

Rather than do anything about it, the Council pay the farmers a subsidy to filter the water.

They claim foreign governments pay massive subsidies to their aerospace industries and the unequal competition threatens the Jetstream factory's future.

To pay for these subsidies the government must tax the rich.

provide

The central government decided to provide subsidies to local governments for the courses at the end of November.

Section 8 provides landlords with subsidies to maintain low-income housing for the poor and also gives financial assistance to tenants.

Ministers are considering providing subsidies to people in high-risk categories, as well as a legally enforce able moratorium.

Other activities, like job training, produce both private and collective benefits; hence governments often provide them a partial subsidy .

Intervention can be either negative for certain classes of asset holder or supportive by providing subsidies of varying magnitude.

receive

It received a subsidy of 6,000 acres per mile.

Those earning above that level would receive lesser subsidies .

The provincial authorities were to turn over more revenue to the state while receiving reduced subsidies , in order to centralize resources.

For those receiving subsidies , the federal aid would be enough to select up to the average-price plan.

The banks receive a government subsidy to cover the differential between market interest rates and the loan's fixed interest rate.

And a proposal that the city require companies receiving taxpayer subsidies to pay higher wages also went nowhere.

This proves expensive for the police, who receive no subsidy from soccer sources for officers on duty outside the stadium.

A growing number of clubs and societies such as the movie-makers, art appreciation and folk club, all receive Union subsidy .

reduce

Routes may be closed, reducing accessibility, or subsidies may be removed, increasing fares for users at a stroke.

The privatisation of finance occurs when the government reduces subsidies or increases charges.

He anticipates that focusing management control will improve the efficiency of the operation and reduce the need for subsidies .

Council house rent levels have increasingly been influenced - if not determined - by central government order to reduce subsidies .

require

It might require public subsidies to political parties to finance their own newspapers and television stations.

And a proposal that the city require companies receiving taxpayer subsidies to pay higher wages also went nowhere.

Secondly, marginal cost pricing in natural monopoly does not necessarily require a subsidy .

Cost-based prices would prevent such entry, but would probably require a subsidy .

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Congress may cut some subsidies to farmers.

Farm subsidies totaled $53 billion last year.

Federal subsidies would be available to help employers pay the insurance premiums.

Lacking the generous subsidies that European orchestras receive, modern American groups are under increasing pressure to play popular pieces.

The taskforce has recommended some kind of subsidy to help businesses get their Internet start-ups off the ground.

They built and financed a whole new suburb, and they did it without a public subsidy .

US farmers are having trouble coping with the reductions in agricultural subsidies.

Without state subsidies, the railways couldn't survive.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

And for two days officials from the General Council discussed with the Government the possibility of extending the subsidy .

But donations to help elect or defeat political candidates have been denied such a subsidy since 1954.

Government subsidies in the form of legal notices shrank while circulation and advertising income rose dramatically.

Housing subsidies, food supplements, and health care will decline to levels that no longer can alleviate the pain.

One delegate likened Mr Gummer's motion to abolish subsidies on agricultural production to turkeys voting for Christmas.

Still, it amounted to a massive subsidy to Wall Street from Congress.

The Commission official insisted these loans were repayable with interest, and did not constitute a subsidy .

The devaluation and the cuts in subsidies resulted in price rises of between 100 and 120 percent.

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