noun · neutral

subsidy

UK/ˈsʌb.sɪ.di/US/ˈsʌb.sə.di/SUB·sidy

Band 6-7task2speaking

money given by the government or another organisation to reduce costs for people or businesses

Examples

Farmers rely on subsidies to survive bad harvests.

The government announced a subsidy for renewable energy projects.

Removing fuel subsidies could encourage cleaner alternatives.

Band 8 sentence

Phasing out fossil-fuel subsidies would remove a major market distortion and make renewables more competitive.

Collocations

  • government subsidy
  • receive a subsidy
  • remove subsidies

Word family

subsidize verbsubsidised / subsidized adjective (paid for by subsidy)

Common mistakes

Government give subsidy for farmers.The government gives subsidies to farmers.

They got a many subsidy.They got many subsidies.

Say it for a higher band

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Synonyms

grant

Easily confused

grant

The university received a grant to study air quality, while farmers received subsidies to buy equipment.

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