subsidisation

Government financial support

Subsidisation is the act or process of providing subsidies—financial support given to reduce costs or prop up an enterprise.

Governments engage in subsidisation of industries, agriculture, or public services: The subsidisation of renewable energy has accelerated adoption.

Also spelled subsidization.

funding

grant

Bestow or award money

disbursement · appropriation · federal aid · state aid · aid package · bailout · endowment · scholarship · disaster relief · food stamps

policy

legislation

Official enactment of statutes

healthcare · infrastructure · education funding · environmental protection · energy policy · urban development · transportation · childcare assistance · tax breaks · tariffs

incentive

motivation

Impetus toward a goal

catalyst · impetus · spur · sweetener · carrot · enticement · attraction · nudge · promotion · boost

economics

fiscal

Of public revenue

inflation · cost reduction · GDP · trade · protectionism · competitiveness · efficiency · externality · elasticity · supply

sectors

agriculture

Cultivation of land, livestock

fossil fuels · housing · healthcare · education · manufacturing · exports · transportation · fisheries · mining · telecommunications

Opposites
government financial intervention

subsidisationtaxation

Compulsory government revenue collection

levying · defunding · penalisation · fining · financial penalty

market structure

subsidisationprivatisation

Transfer from state ownership

deregulation · marketisation · commercialisation · laissez-faire · self-funding

Family

subside, subsidy, subsidiary, subsidize, subsiding, subsidence, subsidised, subsidizes, subsidization

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