subsidy
noun/ˈsʌbsɪdi/
Frequency rank: #7,174 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
Money given by a government to help an industry or lower prices.
Example sentence
The government provided a generous subsidy to support renewable energy projects.
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