subsidy

noun

/ˈsʌbsədi/

[countable, uncountable]

(plural subsidies)

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money that is paid by a government or an organization to reduce the costs of services or of producing goods so that their prices can be kept low
- agricultural subsidies
- to reduce the level of subsidy
Collocations Farming
FarmingGrowing food and raising animals
- plant trees/seeds/crops/vines/barley
- grow/produce corn/wheat/rice/fruit
- plough/(North American English) plow land/a field
- sow/harvest seeds/crops/fields
- spread manure/fertilizer on something
- cultivate/irrigate/water/contaminate crops/plants/fields/land
- damage/destroy/lose your crop
- ripen/pick fruit/berries/grapes
- press/dry/ferment grapes
- grind/thresh grain/corn/wheat
- raise/rear/keep chickens/poultry/cattle/pigs
- raise/breed/feed/graze livestock/cattle/sheep
- kill/slaughter livestock
- preserve/smoke/cure/salt meat
Modern farming
- run a fish farm/an organic dairy farm
- engage in/be involved in intensive (pig/fish) farming
- use/apply (chemical/organic) fertilizer/insecticides/pesticides
- begin/do/conduct field trials of GM (= genetically modified) crops
- grow/develop GM crops/seeds/plants/foods
- fund/invest in genetic engineering/research
- improve/increase crop yields
- face/suffer from/alleviate food shortages
- label food that contains GMOs (= genetically modified organisms)
- eliminate/reduce farm subsidies
- oppose/be against factory farming/GM food
- promote/encourage/support organic/sustainable farming
Extra Examples
- Export subsidies have been reduced by 20 per cent.
- The Arts Council granted them a small subsidy.
- The help that the government gives the industry amounts to an indirect subsidy.
- The EU spends billions on subsidies to farmers every year.
- protests against the removal of subsidies on basic commodities
- state subsidies for rice producers
- subsidies on basic goods and services
Topics Moneyc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- big
- generous
- heavy
- …
… of subsidy
- amount
- level
verb + subsidy
- get
- receive
- lose
- …
subsidy + noun
- payments
- scheme
- system
- …
preposition
- subsidy for
- subsidy on
- subsidy to
- …
phrases
- a cut in subsidies
- a reduction in subsidies
- the abolition of subsidies
- …
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Word Originlate Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French subsidie, from Latin subsidium ‘assistance’.

单词	subsidy
释义	subsidy noun /ˈsʌbsədi/ /ˈsʌbsədi/ [countable, uncountable] (plural subsidies) jump to other results money that is paid by a government or an organization to reduce the costs of services or of producing goods so that their prices can be kept low agricultural subsidies to reduce the level of subsidy Collocations FarmingFarmingGrowing food and raising animals plant trees/seeds/crops/vines/barley grow/produce corn/wheat/rice/fruit plough/(North American English) plow land/a field sow/harvest seeds/crops/fields spread manure/fertilizer on something cultivate/irrigate/water/contaminate crops/plants/fields/land damage/destroy/lose your crop ripen/pick fruit/berries/grapes press/dry/ferment grapes grind/thresh grain/corn/wheat raise/rear/keep chickens/poultry/cattle/pigs raise/breed/feed/graze livestock/cattle/sheep kill/slaughter livestock preserve/smoke/cure/salt meat Modern farming run a fish farm/an organic dairy farm engage in/be involved in intensive (pig/fish) farming use/apply (chemical/organic) fertilizer/insecticides/pesticides begin/do/conduct field trials of GM (= genetically modified) crops grow/develop GM crops/seeds/plants/foods fund/invest in genetic engineering/research improve/increase crop yields face/suffer from/alleviate food shortages label food that contains GMOs (= genetically modified organisms) eliminate/reduce farm subsidies oppose/be against factory farming/GM food promote/encourage/support organic/sustainable farming Extra Examples Export subsidies have been reduced by 20 per cent. The Arts Council granted them a small subsidy. The help that the government gives the industry amounts to an indirect subsidy. The EU spends billions on subsidies to farmers every year. protests against the removal of subsidies on basic commodities state subsidies for rice producers subsidies on basic goods and services Topics Moneyc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective big generous heavy … … of subsidy amount level verb + subsidy get receive lose … subsidy + noun payments scheme system … preposition subsidy for subsidy on subsidy to … phrases a cut in subsidies a reduction in subsidies the abolition of subsidies … See full entry Word Originlate Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French subsidie, from Latin subsidium ‘assistance’.
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