implicit subsidy

collocation in English

meaningsofimplicitandsubsidy

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implicit
adjective
uk
/ɪmˈplɪs.ɪt/
us
/ɪmˈplɪs.ɪt/
suggested but not ...
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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 ofimplicitandsubsidyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofimplicit subsidy

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For example, in several provinces of the interior, gasoline had to be mixed with alcohol - animplicitsubsidyof the sugar industry.
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An important implication of (21) is that there is noimplicitsubsidyfor the use of environmental services.
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This change in relative price represented a hypothetical reduction in theimplicitsubsidyon cereal production induced by trade policies.
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This provides animplicitsubsidyto federal employees.
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It is evident from the table that, since 1979, theimplicitsubsidyon foreign-exchange sales has been phenomenal.
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But this in turn means that if the country were to export primary products, there would be animplicitsubsidyon these exports, possibly on a massive scale.
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It is true that the payment of benefits through post offices is animplicitsubsidyof about £430 million for the post office system.
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In 2010, theimplicitsubsidywas worth nearly $100 billion to the largest banks.
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Some of the rents generated by the system are distributed directly to consumers in the form of implicit subsidies on "essential goods" such as food and energy.
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Airlines pay passenger tax, which they argue it is an unfair and difficult imposition, but they enjoy many implicit subsidies.
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At present there is too much uncertainty as to the values appropriate in many specific instances for any meaningful calculation of the total of such implicit subsidies to be possible.
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