subsidies
- 1Plural of subsidy.
The government slashed agricultural subsidies in this year's budget.
Critics argue that fossil fuel subsidies undermine climate goals.
Note
The spelling follows the ordinary rule: after a consonant, final -y becomes -ies, as policy becomes policies. The plural belongs to the countable use of subsidy, meaning separate grants or payments such as farm or fuel subsidies. The uncountable use names support in general, as in a theater kept alive by subsidy. The dated meaning, money granted by parliament to the British Crown, could be counted the same way.
subsidies is a form of subsidy
subsidy, noun: Financial support or assistance given to a person, business, or activity, often in the form of a grant. Full entry
- Forms
- subsidysubsidies plural
- Spelling
- subsidy → subsidies: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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