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subsidy

[suhb-si-dee] / ˈsʌb sɪ di /


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The writer-director’s 2022 feature debut, “Plan 75,” imagined an unsettling future in which the elderly are offered a subsidy by the government to be euthanized.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

All-you-can-eat subscriptions amounted to a subsidy by the model-makers, which often lost money on the intensive activity of power users.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

The subsidy cut caused prices to rocket, prompting filling stations to sell contaminated fuel.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

The government offers some people a subsidy; on certain government benefits a Funeral Expenses Payment, can help cover some of the costs.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

For this reason, it is absolutely against his wishes that parties in Iceland and elsewhere should provide financial subsidy for the production of this film or should show it once completed.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady




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