small business aid
Help for startups
Small business aid refers to financial assistance, resources, or programs designed to help small enterprises survive or grow.
This includes government grants, low-interest loans, tax relief, and technical support, often expanded during economic crises: Many restaurants applied for small business aid during the pandemic.
The term typically implies help from public sources rather than private investment.
- grantBestow or award money
- loanBorrowed money repaid later
- fundingSupplying monetary resources
- federal aidGovernment-provided financial support
- reliefEasing of distress
stimulus · entrepreneur · storefront · paycheck · PPP · economic relief · bailout · emergency funds · lifeline · recovery · subsidy · microloan · forgiveness · tax break · application · struggling · Main Street · cashflow
- economic developmenteconomic development, jobs, rural development, urbanization, job creation
- subsidiesfarm subsidies, subsidy, agricultural subsidies, crop subsidies, energy subsidies
- welfarewelfare, welfare reform, welfare system, SNAP benefits, public assistance
- city servicestransit, public transit, libraries, sanitation, fire department
- community servicesparks, family services, libraries, family support, schools
- economic stimulusstimulus, stimulus package, stimulus packages, fiscal stimulus, economic relief
small, smaller, smallest, smallness, business, businesses, businesslike, businessman, businesswoman