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Example sentences for "subsidy"

Lexicographically close words:
subsidising; subsidize; subsidized; subsidizes; subsidizing; subsist; subsisted; subsistence; subsistent; subsisting
  1. But they followed their old habits when the year had expired and the subsidy ceased.

  2. The subsidy offered by the Government amounted to about P7,650 per mile, but on three occasions no tender was forthcoming either from Madrid or in Manila, where it was simultaneously solicited.

  3. But, as a matter of fact, the Mexican subsidy seldom, if ever, was so covered.

  4. The pensions, in case of invalidity, amount (including a state subsidy of L2, 10s.

  5. In Prussia the districts (Kreise) have undertaken the charge of the construction of the roads; but they receive a subsidy from the public funds of the several provinces.

  6. The deficiency between revenue and expenditure is met by a subsidy from the imperial government.

  7. I very much doubt, however, the wisdom of a policy which constitutes so large a subsidy and requires additional taxation to meet it.

  8. A Government subsidy would work out in the same way.

  9. Putting the Government directly into business is merely a combination of subsidy and price fixing aggravated by political pressure.

  10. It is in truth insurance before the fact, instead of government subsidy after the fact.

  11. There was an arrear of subsidy due from the Nabob.

  12. He secured a subsidy for Prussia, which was desperately making head against France, Austria, and Russia in coalition.

  13. As the subsidy follows the course of the later medieval taxation, so it is the undesigned model of the later land and property tax.

  14. The last "fifteenth and tenth" was voted in 1624, from which date this old-established form disappears, and the subsidy alone is used.

  15. Clericis laicos, forbade the clergy to grant money to lay princes, and Edward's request for a clerical subsidy was in 1297 refused by convocation led by Archbishop Winchelsea.

  16. The history of the subsidy is instructive as to the tendencies of direct taxation in all countries.

  17. The subsidy became the established mode of grant under both Tudors and Stuarts, though by degrees it underwent a change similar to that experienced by its predecessor.

  18. The government's tight controls on fish stocks and its austerity measures have caused a recession, and subsidy cuts will force nationalization in the fishing industry, which has already been plagued with bankruptcies.

  19. Copenhagen has threatened to withhold its annual subsidy of $130 million - roughly one-third of the islands' budget revenues - unless the Faroese make significant efforts to balance their budget.

  20. No subsidy wanted, simply a guarantee on perfect security.

  21. In a commercial point of view, I do not consider it safe to enter upon these extended operations till secure of a sufficient subsidy from the different Governments interested.

  22. The proposal that part of the subsidy should be Imperial necessarily entails delay.

  23. Napoleon's proposals for a Franco-Swedish alliance, baited though they were with the offer of Norway as an eventual prize for Sweden, and a subsidy for every Swedish warship serving against England.

  24. It had two leading bills, each providing for a subsidy for railroads southward, one through the San Joaquin Valley and one along the coast line.

  25. The measures simply authorized the electors of the counties concerned to vote for a subsidy payable to the first railroad that came along.

  26. Sharp cuts in subsidy and social security spending have been accompanied by sustained growth in output and employment.

  27. Aided by a substantial annual subsidy from Denmark, the Faroese have a standard of living comparable to the Danes and other Scandinavians.

  28. Despite substantial progress toward economic integration, the eastern states will continue to rely on the annual subsidy of approximately $100 billion from the western part into the next century.

  29. The state eliminated price and exchange controls, reduced the long-standing subsidy on gasoline, and revitalized its stalled privatization program.

  30. It had been slightly modified since the original draft was prepared; but, with the exception of the introduction of the subsidy article, had undergone no essential alterations.

  31. It is doubtful whether our statesmen were ever satisfied that, in refusing the subsidy and hesitating to mediate, they acted up to the spirit of the treaty of Teheran.

  32. The envoy was empowered either to offer a subsidy of from three to four lakhs of rupees for a term of three years, or by a liberal distribution of presents to the king and his principal ministers, to bribe them into acquiescence.

  33. I want to tell you that a steamship line that cannot live without a cash subsidy will make a mighty, mighty lean race with one.

  34. If we are going to have one, let us pay a subsidy for something that is going to do us some good.

  35. The princes voted the proposal of the subsidy without consulting the representatives of the cities, who knew the heaviest part of the burden was to fall upon themselves.

  36. The city representatives refused their consent to the Turkish subsidy and withdrew.

  37. The Reichstag in question was summoned ostensibly for the purpose of raising a subsidy for the Hungarians in their struggle against the advancing power of the Turks.

  38. The ministry agreed with Prussia that support must be given to Sweden, which was exhausted by its war with Russia; a subsidy was promised and a squadron lay in the Downs ready to sail for the Baltic.

  39. He desired a close alliance with Austria, and believed that the grant of a subsidy to Prussia would alienate the courts of Vienna and St. Petersburg.

  40. The useless subsidy to Prussia was stopped on the 17th, and Möllendorf withdrew his army across the Rhine.

  41. George himself had advised Grenville in December, 1794, to persuade Austria to renew the war by granting her a subsidy or a loan.

  42. The Territory is, in fact, so far from being self-supporting that a subsidy of several thousands of pounds from the British Exchequer is required to meet the annual deficit in the local budget.

  43. This explains why a seemingly generous subsidy by the Government does not meet with that hearty recognition to which it is apparently entitled.

  44. The Steamship Subsidy bill was a fraud on the government.

  45. Is it, then, to be endured, that the Minister shall come down and ask for a subsidy under such circumstances?

  46. If a treaty of commerce or a treaty of subsidy is signed, that requires the intervention of Parliament, it is usual for the Minister of the Crown to ask for the sanction or concurrence of Parliament to that treaty.

  47. We have been plunged into an immensity of extraordinary expense, and are amazed that at this very moment England should demand money from us when we ought to be assisted by a large subsidy by her.

  48. A subsidy given for the protection or the assistance of shipbuilders is a downright robbery of the people's purse.


  49. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "subsidy" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    aid; alimony; allotment; allowance; annuity; appropriateness; armament; assistance; backing; bounty; bread; capitalization; care; carriage; carrying; catering; dole; donation; endowment; equipment; fellowship; financing; finding; furnishing; grant; grubstake; help; investment; keep; largesse; livelihood; living; logistics; maintenance; manna; meat; mothering; nourishment; nurture; patronage; pension; preparation; procurement; provision; reinforcement; reliance; relief; retailing; scholarship; selling; sponsorship; stake; stipend; subsidy; subsistence; subvention; supply; support; sustaining; sustenance; treat; upkeep; welfare