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.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.

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Many years ago the company I worked for gave its staff luncheon vouchers to subsidise the cost of their meals and these were regarded as a perk by the Inland Revenue and I had to pay tax on them.

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If we have to sell it cheap, it means we will have to buy it at higher prices and subsidise it here," he told The Indian Express in an interview.

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