as in grant
a sum of money allotted for a specific use by official or formal action
government subsidies for farmers in case of crop failure
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Recent Examples of subsidy
Families earning under 200% of area median income ($310,000 for a family of four), would receive a 50% subsidy.
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Tim Fang, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
The good news is that defense spending will probably continue to act as an important subsidy for innovations that have broader benefits.
—Allison Schrager, Twin Cities, 30 Apr. 2026
Researchers believe proposed federal policy changes — including Medicaid funding cuts and work requirements, marketplace enrollment requirements, and the expiration of extra ACA premium subsidies enacted during the pandemic — may worsen the disparities going forward.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
Most cities offer similar support, and greater subsidies translate into higher franchise values.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
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Tim Fang, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
The good news is that defense spending will probably continue to act as an important subsidy for innovations that have broader benefits.
—Allison Schrager, Twin Cities, 30 Apr. 2026
Researchers believe proposed federal policy changes — including Medicaid funding cuts and work requirements, marketplace enrollment requirements, and the expiration of extra ACA premium subsidies enacted during the pandemic — may worsen the disparities going forward.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
Most cities offer similar support, and greater subsidies translate into higher franchise values.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for subsidy
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The developers would also pledge $2 million to the city’s Housing Trust Fund, which provides grant funding to affordable housing projects — in line with Port KC policy requiring projects that don’t set aside affordable units to pay $5,000 per unit into the Housing Trust Fund.—
Chris Higgins,
Kansas City Star,
29 Apr. 2026
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The unrestricted grant resurrects the spirt of the AIDS Treatment Project, which Giorno started when the epidemic left so many artists in need beginning in the early ’80s.—
Andy Battaglia,
ARTnews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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The Treat a Stranger Grant will be an annual program for which an allotment of money will be distributed however the selection jury sees fit—to a group of artists, one artist, or through other arrangements.—
Andy Battaglia,
ARTnews.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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Amid that frenzy, Gala Games sold the initial allotment of 4,661 NFT plots of Legacy land within days of first putting them up for public sale.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 Apr. 2026
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Its next stop will be the lower chamber’s appropriations committee.—
Linh Tat,
Daily News,
24 Apr. 2026
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But Congress, not the White House, ultimately sets NASA’s funding levels through the appropriations process.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Subsidy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subsidy. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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