hidden subsidy

collocation in English

meaningsofhiddenandsubsidy

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hidden
adjective[usually before noun]
uk
/ˈhɪd.ən/us
/ˈhɪd.ən/
not easy ...
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subsidy
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsʌb.sɪ.di/us
/ˈsʌb.sə.di/
money given as part of the cost of something, to help or encourage it ...
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(Definition ofhiddenandsubsidyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhidden subsidy

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It would be ahiddensubsidy, in addition to the present overt subsidies which are openly reviewed from time to time.
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We are told that if interest rates were reduced, this would be ahiddensubsidyto the local authorities.
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Do not let us think that we can shovel something under the carpet as a sort ofhiddensubsidy.
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He is really giving ahiddensubsidyat the cost of the taxpayer, which is most undesirable.
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Then there is in fact ahiddensubsidyto the shipbuilding industry, because only a closed number of shipbuilding firms were asked to compete.
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In other words, is it to be ahiddensubsidy?
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I think that that is a dangerous concept, because it certainly sounds to me like some form ofhiddensubsidy.
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I do not see the purpose of a nationalised industry as a sort ofhiddensubsidyto the private sector.
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That could be regarded, and ought to be regarded, as ahiddensubsidy.
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Thishiddensubsidyis quite the worst kind of subsidy.
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I have some sympathy wih the view that there must be somehiddensubsidy.
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This does not include thehiddensubsidyrepresented by the uneconomic fees charged by institutions of higher education.
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We oppose unfair andhiddensubsidythat would create demand that is not true market demand.
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That is why we do not accept the proposition that the compensation code amounts to ahiddensubsidy.
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Surely the whole point is that it is not ahiddensubsidy.
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References have been made to various forms ofhiddensubsidy.
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Secondly, it would provide a potential andhiddensubsidy, at the expense possibly of individual owners, for certain local authority services.
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If this practice were not followed, there would, of course, be ahiddensubsidyon the aluminium house.
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If not, there is evidently a further suggestion of ahiddensubsidyto this private industry from the nationalised industries.
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