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SUBSIDISATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of providing a subsidy
Synonyms:
grant; subsidisation; subsidization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("subsidisation" is a kind of...):
allocation; allotment; apportioning; apportionment; assignation; parceling; parcelling (the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "subsidisation"):
award; awarding (a grant made by a law court)
block grant (a grant of federal money to state and local governments to support social welfare programs)
grant-in-aid (a grant from a central government to a local government)
Derivation:
subsidise (support through subsidies)
subsidise (secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy, as of nations or military forces)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Money (or other benefits) obtained as a subsidy
Synonyms:
subsidisation; subsidization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("subsidisation" is a kind of...):
money (the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender)
Derivation:
subsidise (support through subsidies)
subsidise (secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy, as of nations or military forces)
