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