SUBSIDISATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does subsidisation mean? 

• SUBSIDISATION (noun)
  The noun SUBSIDISATION has 2 senses:

1. money (or other benefits) obtained as a subsidy

2. the act of providing a subsidy

  Familiarity information: SUBSIDISATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBSIDISATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Money (or other benefits) obtained as a subsidy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

subsidisation; subsidization

Hypernyms ("subsidisation" is a kind of...):

money (the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender)

Derivation:

subsidise (support through subsidies)

subsidise (secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy, as of nations or military forces)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of providing a subsidy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

grant; subsidisation; subsidization

Hypernyms ("subsidisation" is a kind of...):

allocation; allotment; apportioning; apportionment; assignation; parceling; parcelling (the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "subsidisation"):

award; awarding (a grant made by a law court)

block grant (a grant of federal money to state and local governments to support social welfare programs)

grant-in-aid (a grant from a central government to a local government)

Derivation:

subsidise (support through subsidies)

subsidise (secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy, as of nations or military forces)