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subsidy

/ˈsʌbsɪdi/SUHB-sih-dee
/ˈsʌbsɪdi/SUHB-sih-dee

Meaningreserve support or aid

Common meaning: financial help, often from a government

Journey through time

  1. Latinsubsidium‘reserve support or aid’source
  2. Anglo-Frenchsubsidie‘aid’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsaid → financial help, often from a governmentsubsidy‘financial help, often from a government’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin subsidium ‘reserve support or aid’.

Roots

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