Sentence examples for subsidy meaning from inspiring English sources

If Tehran allowed the reduced supply of gasoline to be sold at a price that would equate demand to supply, the price would increase to a level that would eliminate the subsidy, meaning no subsidy for imported gasoline and no subsidy for domestically refined gasoline.

In April, the government removed the "spare room subsidy", meaning some people who claim housing benefit had to pay a proportion of their rent for the first time if they were deemed to have too many bedrooms for their needs.

There is a tendency to see grants and government funding as subsidies – meaning dependence – while commercial income means sustainability.

Notably, because young people earn comparatively little, 90% of them are likely to qualify for Obamacare's insurance subsidies, meaning they may pay less for insurance than they do now.Mr Smith acknowledges that some young-to-old redistribution is inevitable in any universal health-insurance system.

The current payments system is largely based on land area and past subsidy levels, meaning that landowners like airports and sports clubs, which do not farm, have been getting subsidies based on their grasslands or other eligible land areas.

The current payments system is largely based on land area and past subsidy levels, meaning that landowners like airports and sports clubs, which do not farm, have been getting subsidies on the basis of their grasslands or other eligible land areas.

The 504, which helps business owners buy commercial property, has historically been a zero-subsidy program, meaning that no tax dollars were required to keep it running.

The other main proposed change to agricultural rules for the Bali package asks developed countries to reduce their export subsidies - meaning subsidies that directly distort trade, not the subsidies for domestic consumption - by half.

But it has also imposed a cap on the total subsidy paid out, meaning the rate of domestic solar installations is set to halve, according to the Solar Trade Association.

A corrupt fertiliser subsidy has been cleaned up, meaning 70% of farmers now receive subsidy vouchers directly via their mobile phones.

Of course, there are private benefits that are being lost — meaning lower subsidies for large financial firms and the powerful people who run them.