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grant-in-aid
a subsidy furnished by a central government to a local one to help finance a public project, as the construction of a highway or school. -
subsidize
to furnish or aid with a subsidy. -
buy-down
a subsidy for a long-term mortgage offered by a third party, as a builder or developer, to lower interest rates for a buyer in the early years of the loan. -
corporate
Corporate means relating to business corporations or to a particular business corporation. -
negative income tax
a system of income subsidy through which persons having less than a certain annual income receive money from the government rather than pay taxes to it. -
pension
a fixed amount, other than wages, paid at regular intervals to a person or to the person's surviving dependents in consideration of past services, age, merit, poverty, injury or loss sustained, etc.: a retirement pension.