massive subsidy

collocation in English

meaningsofmassiveandsubsidy

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massive
adjective
uk
/ˈmæs.ɪv/us
/ˈmæs.ɪv/
very large in size, amount, ...
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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 ofmassiveandsubsidyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmassive subsidy

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There is no reason why the many taxpayers should continue to provide thismassivesubsidyfor the few.
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It has been suggested that our coal needs amassivesubsidyto stay in the market.
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By and large that constitutes amassivesubsidyto the well-off middle classes.
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Does my noble friend agree that that is amassivesubsidywhich is being given to this industry?
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They represent amassivesubsidyfrom public funds in favour of a few high income earners.
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It is amassivesubsidy, which permits industry in those countries to have coal that is almost free.
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This is amassivesubsidyto the private sector.
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In reality, for strategic reasons, nuclear power has enjoyedmassivesubsidyand protection, and it will continue to do so.
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In no way could that order have been taken at that price without amassivesubsidy.
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Thatmassivesubsidyis justified, but we cannot go further.
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The oil industry receives no subsidy whatever; the coal industry receivesmassivesubsidyfrom the taxpayer.
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It is amassivesubsidyfor an organisation whose turnover is only about £140 million a year.
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I hope, therefore, that we shall not hear any more of this rubbish about themassivesubsidyto the coal industry.
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That is yet anothermassivesubsidyto the so-called independent sector.
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All industry receives amassivesubsidyfrom the dole queue.
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He wants only to talk about somemassivesubsidyto the engineering industry, yet it is only chickenfeed.
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No one can say that they are getting amassivesubsidyfrom the taxpayer.
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Westminster receives thatmassivesubsidyfor all the tourists who visit the borough.
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The difficulty is that if we were to introduce such a scheme there would be a heavy cost to public funds because it would involvemassivesubsidy.
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Do not many continental ports receive massive subsidies for the development of new facilities?
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