Subsidy: alternatives and connections

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Subsidy

Support; aid; cooperation; esp., extraordinary aid in money rendered to the sovereign or to a friendly power.

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Grant 76% connected

To give over; to make conveyance of; to give the possession or title of; to convey; -- usually in answer to petition.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Subvention 76% connected

The act of coming under.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Subsidize 74% connected

To furnish with a subsidy; to purchase the assistance of by the payment of a subsidy; to aid or promote, as a private enterprise, with public money;…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Subsidize 74% connected

To furnish with a subsidy; to purchase the assistance of by the payment of a subsidy; to aid or promote, as a private enterprise, with public money;…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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