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subsidy

/suhb-si-dee/US // ˈsʌb sɪ di //UK // (ˈsʌbsɪdɪ) //

补贴,补助,资助,津贴

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural sub·si·dies.

    • : a direct pecuniary aid furnished by a government to a private industrial undertaking, a charity organization, or the like.
    • : a sum paid, often in accordance with a treaty, by one government to another to secure some service in return.
    • : a grant or contribution of money.
    • : money formerly granted by the English Parliament to the crown for special needs.

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Examples

  • Overall, Amazon has received nearly $3 billion in subsidies from state and local governments.

  • She imposed a company-wide 30 percent pay cut on about 120 workers in July even after receiving tax cuts and employment subsidies from the government designed to help companies survive the pandemic.

  • It’s really about government subsidy and controlling the costs, which we’ve never done in this country.

  • Sometimes, there is a co-pay, if the state subsidy doesn’t cover the full cost.

  • While there are wealthy condo owners excluded from the service and some low-income receive free collection, a law granting free trash to single-family homes is largely a subsidy for homeowners.

  • This welfare spending discourages work, increases taxes, and operates as a hidden and inefficient subsidy to low-wage businesses.

  • Put another way, the subsidy gives the United States leverage over the decision-making of an important ally.

  • We must discover a means of subsidy by which music and parallel arts may thrive unapologetically.

  • Government ownership, operation, regulation, and subsidy of schools and colleges should be ended.

  • The costs could be passed on to customers in the form of higher premiums and to taxpayers in the form of higher subsidy expense.

  • As Frederick refused to give any pledge as to the terms on which he would make peace, the British government refused the subsidy.

  • We maun get another subsidy frae the Commons, and that will make ae compting of it.

  • Yes,” said the envoy, “and the only one among then who demands no subsidy.

  • You may call it a subsidy, or an imperial contribution; it is not a benefit, for the receiver cannot think of it without shame.

  • The history of the subsidy is instructive as to the tendencies of direct taxation in all countries.