Standard Lemma guide

subsidy

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsʌbsɪdi/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Texas: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Australian: /ˈsɐbsɪdi/
  • New-Zealand: /ˈsɐbsədi/
  • CMU ARPABET: S AH1 B S IH0 D IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Financial support or assistance, such as a grant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Manufacturing firms are supported by government subsidies in some countries.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: tax

2

noun

Meaning 2

Money granted by parliament to the British Crown.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, dated, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a grant paid by a government to an enterprise that benefits the public

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a subsidy for research in artificial intelligence

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: grant

Narrower terms: subvention, price support

History

Etymology

From Middle English subsidy, subsidie, from Anglo-Norman subsidee, subsidie, from Old French subside, from Latin subsidium (support, assistance), from subsido from sub- (“below”) + sīdō (“sit”).

Across languages

Translations

70 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: subvencion — financial support
  • Arabic: إِعَانَة مَالِيَّة — financial support
  • Armenian: նպաստ (npast) — financial support
  • Armenian: սուբսիդիա (subsidia) — financial support
  • Belarusian: субсі́дыя (subsídyja) — financial support
  • Bulgarian: субси́дия (subsídija) — financial support
  • Catalan: subsidi — financial support
  • Catalan: subvenció — financial support
  • Chinese Mandarin: 津貼 /津贴 (jīntiē) — financial support
  • Chinese Mandarin: 補貼 /补贴 (bǔtiē) — financial support
  • Chinese Mandarin: 補助 /补助 (bǔzhù) — financial support
  • Czech: subvence — financial support
  • Czech: podpora — financial support
  • Danish: subsidier — financial support
  • Dutch: subsidie — financial support
  • Esperanto: subvencio — financial support
  • Finnish: avustus — financial support
  • Finnish: apu — financial support
  • Finnish: subventio — financial support
  • Finnish: tuki — financial support
  • Finnish: valtionapu — financial support
  • French: subvention — financial support
  • French: subside — financial support
  • Galician: subsidio — financial support
  • Georgian: სუბსიდია (subsidia) — financial support
  • German: Subvention — financial support
  • German: Unterstützung — financial support
  • German: Subsidium — financial support
  • Hebrew: תמיכה כספית (tmikhá kaspít) — financial support
  • Hungarian: támogatás — financial support
  • Hungarian: szubvenció — financial support
  • Hungarian: segély — financial support
  • Hungarian: dotáció — financial support
  • Hungarian: kedvezmény — financial support
  • Ido: subvenciono — financial support
  • Italian: sovvenzione — financial support
  • Italian: sussidio — financial support
  • Japanese: 援助 (enjo) — financial support
  • Japanese: 補助 (hojo) — financial support
  • Kazakh: субсидия (subsidiä) — financial support
  • Korean: 보조 (bojo) — financial support
  • Korean: 원조 (wonjo) — financial support
  • Latvian: subsīdija — financial support
  • Lithuanian: subsidija — financial support
  • Malay: subsidi — financial support
  • Māori: moni āwhina — financial support
  • Māori: pūtea tāpiri — financial support
  • Māori: pūtea āwhina — financial support
  • Persian: سوبسید (subsid) — financial support
  • Persian: یارانه (yârâne) — financial support
  • Polish: subwencja — financial support
  • Portuguese: subsídio — financial support
  • Portuguese: subvenção — financial support
  • Romanian: subvenție — financial support
  • Russian: субси́дия (subsídija) — financial support
  • Slovak: subvencia — financial support
  • Slovak: podpora — financial support
  • Slovak: dotácia — financial support
  • Slovak: grant — financial support
  • Slovak: príspevok — financial support
  • Slovak: pomoc — financial support
  • Slovak: výpomoc — financial support
  • Spanish: subsidio — financial support
  • Swahili: ruzuku — financial support
  • Swedish: subvention — financial support
  • Tagalog: tulong — financial support
  • Telugu: రాయితీ (rāyitī) — financial support
  • Turkish: sübvansiyon — financial support
  • Ukrainian: субси́дія (subsýdija) — financial support
  • Vietnamese: trợ cấp — financial support
Real reading context

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