English > subsidization: 2 senses > noun 2, act| Meaning | The act of providing a subsidy. |
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| Synonyms | grant, subsidisation |
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| Narrower | award, awarding | A grant made by a law court |
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| block grant | A grant of federal money to state and local governments to support social welfare programs |
| grant-in-aid | A grant from a central government to a local government |
| Broader | allotment, apportionment, apportioning, allocation, parceling, parcelling, assignation | The act of distributing by allotting / allotting or apportioning |
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| Spanish | subvención |
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| Catalan | subvenció |
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| Verbs | subsidize | support through subsidies |
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| subsidize | secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy, as of nations or military forces |
