as in subsidy
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as in financing
to furnish (as an institution) with a regular source of income
her will funded a new science center for her beloved alma mater
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as in subsidizing
to provide money for
Dad advised me to get a job because he wasn't going to fund my social life forever
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Noun
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The $100 billion is in addition to the $65 billion the company announced to building three plants in Arizona after the Biden administration offered billions in subsidies.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025 -
The federal government sent around $91 billion to insurers in the form of premium subsidies in 2023.—
Sally Pipes,
Forbes,
3 Mar. 2025
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He has been involved in over 200 M&A transactions and 250 startup financings.—
AllBusiness,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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Starmer pledged to supply more arms to defend Ukraine, announcing that the U.K. will use $2 billion in export financing to supply 5,000 air defense missiles.—
Brian Melley and Emma Burrows,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2025
Verb
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His research findings can be applied China’s current strategy of subsidizing distressed companies, which is driving cheaper exports into global markets and could pose challenges for local suppliers.—
IESE Business School,
Forbes,
19 Dec. 2024
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Then why is the public subsidizing this activity?—
Evan Simon,
ABC News,
19 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Billionaire Elon Musk, who is leading Trump’s cost-cutting moves, tweeted that major research universities with large endowments are spending too much money on overhead or indirect administrative costs that include laboratory, utility, and faculty expenses.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
2 Mar. 2025
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Even at larger schools with hefty endowments, the promise of government funding had already influenced big investments, the plaintiff lawyers said.—
Zach Montague,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Funding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funding. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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