搜尋結果
subsidy
- IPA[ˈsʌbsɪdi]
英式
- a sum of money granted by the state or a public body to help an industry or business keep the price of a commodity or service low；a sum of money granted to support an undertaking held to be in the public interest
noun: subsidy, plural noun: subsidies
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a sum of money granted by the state or a public body to help an industry or business keep the price of a commodity or service low a farm subsidy the rail service now operates without subsidy
- ▪ a sum of money granted to support an undertaking held to be in the public interest she was anxious about her Arts Council subsidy the arts continued to thrive through public subsidy
- ▪ a grant or contribution of money the position is generously rewarded and benefits include a mortgage subsidy the country's economy is near to collapse after the end of Soviet subsidies
- 2. historical a parliamentary grant to the sovereign for state needs.
- ▪ a tax levied on a particular occasion.
