subsidisation

Definitions of subsidisation

1. noun

   the act of providing a subsidy
   synonyms: grant, subsidization

   types:

   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
2. noun

   money (or other benefits) obtained as a subsidy
   synonyms: subsidization

   type of:

   money

   the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender