noun · neutral

subsidy

UK/ˈsʌb.sɪ.di/US/ˈsʌb.sə.di/SUB·si·dy

Band 5-6task2speaking

money given by the government or an organization to help reduce the cost of something or support a sector

Examples

The government provides subsidies to farmers to stabilise food prices.

Energy subsidies have a big impact on household bills.

Many argue that fuel subsidies encourage wasteful consumption.

Band 8 sentence

Phasing out inefficient energy subsidies while protecting vulnerable households requires carefully targeted measures.

Collocations

  • government subsidy
  • subsidy for
  • cut subsidies

Word family

subsidize verbsubsidised / subsidized adjective

Common mistakes

The government gave subsidy for farmers.The government gave subsidies to farmers.

We receive a subsidy on food.We receive a subsidy for food.

Say it for a higher band

5financial support6grant7+subsidy

Synonyms

grant

Easily confused

grant

The university received a grant to fund the research project.

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