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subsidy noun allotment, allowance, backing, bounty, contribution, gift, grant, grant-in-aid, stipend, subsistence, subvention Associated concepts: government subsidy See also: aid, alimony, annuity, assistance, benefit, commission, consideration, contribution, donation, endowment, fee, grant, help, loan, maintenance, payment, pension, perquisite, recompense SUBSIDY, Eng. law. An aid, tax or tribute granted by parliament to the king
for the urgent occasions of the kingdom, to be levied on every subject of
ability, according to the value of his lands or goods. Jacob's Law. Dict.
h.t.
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