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subsidization

DEFINITIONS OF: subsidization

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n the act of providing a subsidy

Synonyms:
grant, subsidisation
Types:
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award, awarding
a grant made by a law court
block grant
a grant of federal money to state and local governments to support social welfare programs
grant-in-aid
a grant from a central government to a local government
addiction
(Roman law) a formal award by a magistrate of a thing or person to another person (as the award of a debtor to his creditor); a surrender to a master
Type of:
allocation, allotment, apportioning, apportionment, assignation, parceling, parcelling
the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan

n money (or other benefits) obtained as a subsidy

Synonyms:
subsidisation
Type of:
money
the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender
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