English-Thai Dictionary

subsidy

N การ ให้ ความช่วยเหลือ ด้าน การเงิน  การ ให้เงิน สงเคราะห์  aid assistance support kan-hai-kwam-chue-luai-dan-kan-ngen

 

subsidy

N เงินสนับสนุน  เงินอุดหนุน  เงินช่วยเหลือ  allowance bounty subvention ngen-sa-nab-sa-nuan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SUBSIDY

n.[L. subsidium, from subsido, literally to be or sit under or by. ] 1. Aid in money; supply given; a tax; something furnished for aid, as by the people to their prince; as the subsidies granted formerly to the kings of England.
Subsidies were a tax, not immediately on property, but on persons in respect of their reputed estates, after the nominal rate of 4s. the pound for lands, and 2s. 8d. for goods.
2. A sum of money paid by one prince or nation to another, to purchase the service of auxiliary troops, or the aid of such foreign prince in a war against an enemy. Thus Great Britain paid subsidies to Austria and Prussia, to engage them to resist the progress of the French.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SUBSIDY

Sub "si *dy, n.; pl. Subsidies. Etym: [L. subsidium the troops stationed in reserve in the third line of battlem reserve, support, help, fr. subsidere to sit down, lie in wait: cf. F. subside. See Subside. ]

 

1. Support; aid; coöperation; esp. , extraordinary aid in money rendered to the sovereign or to a friendly power. They advised the king to send speedy aids, and with much alacrity granted a great rate of subsidy. Bacon.

 

Note: Subsidies were taxes, not immediately on on property, but on persons in respect of their reputed estates, after the nominal rate of 4s. the pound for lands, and 2s. 8d. for goods. Blackstone.

 

2. Specifically: A sum of money paid by one sovereign or nation to another to purchase the coöperation or the neutrality of such sovereign or nation in war.

 

3. A grant from the government, from a municipal corporation, or the like, to a private person or company to assist the establishment or support of an enterprise deemed advantageous to the public; a subvention; as, a subsidy to the owners of a line of ocean steamships.

 

Syn. -- Tribute; grant. -- Subsidy, Tribute. A subsidy is voluntary; a tribute is exacted.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

subsidy

sub si dy |ˈsəbsidē ˈsəbsədi | ▶noun ( pl. subsidies ) 1 a sum of money granted by the government or a public body to assist an industry or business so that the price of a commodity or service may remain low or competitive: a farm subsidy | they disdain government subsidy. • a sum of money granted to support an arts organization or other undertaking held to be in the public interest. • a grant or contribution of money. 2 historical a parliamentary grant to the sovereign for state needs. • a tax levied on a particular occasion. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French subsidie, from Latin subsidium ‘assistance. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

subsidy

sub |sidy |ˈsʌbsɪdi | ▶noun ( pl. subsidies ) 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 | [ mass noun ] : the rail service now operates without subsidy. • a sum of money granted to support an undertaking held to be in the public interest. • a grant or contribution of money. 2 historical a parliamentary grant to the sovereign for state needs. • a tax levied on a particular occasion. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French subsidie, from Latin subsidium ‘assistance ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

subsidy

subsidy noun the theater receives a subsidy of 1.7 million dollars a year: grant, allowance, endowment, contribution, donation, bursary, handout; backing, support, sponsorship, finance, funding; formal benefaction.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

subsidy

subsidy noun the theatre receives a subsidy of 1.7 million pounds a year: grant, allowance, endowment, contribution, donation, bursary, gift, present, investment, bestowal, benefaction, allocation, allotment, handout; backing, support, aid, assistance, charity, relief, sponsorship, finance, funding, subvention; informal helping hand, leg up; historical alms; rare donative.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

subsidy

sub si dy /sʌ́bsədi /〖語源は 「援助 」〗名詞 複 -dies /-z /C 1 (政府などによる )補助金 , 援助金 , 助成金 ▸ provide [reduce ] a government subsidy 政府からの補助金を支給する [減らす ]2 〘英史 〙(国王に対し議会が認めた )特別補助金 .3 (軍事援助に対する見返りとしての )経済援助 .