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Noun: subsidization  ,súb-su-du'zey-shun [N. Amer], ,súb-su-dI'zey-shun [Brit]
  1. Money (or other benefits) obtained as a subsidy
    - subsidisation [Brit]
     
  2. The act of providing a subsidy
    - grant, subsidisation [Brit]

Derived forms: subsidizations

Type of: allocation, allotment, apportioning, apportionment, assignation, boodle [informal], brass [Brit, informal], bread [informal], cabbage [US, informal], clams [US, informal], coin [US, informal], dibs [archaic, informal], dinero [N. Amer, informal], dosh [Brit, informal], dough [informal], gelt [informal], kale [US, informal], lettuce [US, informal], lolly [Brit, informal], loot [informal], lucre [informal], mazuma [US, informal], money, moola [N. Amer, informal], moolah [N. Amer, informal], parceling [US], parcelling, pelf [archaic, informal], scratch [informal], shekels [informal], simoleons [US, informal], sugar [informal], wampum [N. Amer, informal], wonga [Brit, informal]

Encyclopedia: Subsidization