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Subsidy
(redirected from Government subsidy)

   Also found in: Financial, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.09 sec.

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.
     2. The assistance given in money by one nation to another to enable it the better to carry on a war, when such nation does not join directly in the war, is called a subsidy. Vattel, liv. 3, Sec. 82. See Neutrality.



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Under Schwarzenegger's plan, the waiter could find himself having to buy insurance on his own, without a government subsidy.
Second, a relatively large portion of that 10 percent can afford to buy insurance without government subsidy, thanks to the fact that the state is one of the nation's wealthiest, with a median household income of about $8,000 above the national average.
Crawley concerning our policies with regard to our Baptist schools receiving government subsidy and that these be presented in writing by our delegates to the study committee (on Government subsidies).
 
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