state support

Public financial assistance

State support is assistance provided by government to individuals, organizations, or industries.

This includes financial aid, subsidies, welfare programs, or institutional backing: The museum relies on state support to stay open.

In political contexts, state support may refer to a government's endorsement or backing of policies, movements, or foreign actors: The rebels received state support from neighboring countries.

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source of assistance

state supportcharitable giving

Donating to help others

private enterprise · corporate sponsorship · mutual aid · private funding · community support

government economic philosophy

state supportlaissez-faire

Noninterference in commerce

free market · privatization · austerity · welfare cuts · neoliberalism

attitude toward recipients

state supportself-sufficiency

Independence from outside aid

bootstrapping · personal responsibility · sink or swim · self-reliance · independence

Family

state, support, states, stated, stating, statement, statements, statehood, stateless

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