3. A grant from the government, from a municipal corporation, or the like, to a private person or company to assist the establishment or support of an enterprise deemed advantageous to the public; a subvention; as, a subsidy to the owners of a line of ocean steamships.
Syn.
— Tribute; grant.
— Subsidy, Tribute. A subsidy is voluntary; a tribute is exacted.
SUBSIGN
Sub*sign", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subsigned; p. pr. & vb. n.
Subsigning.] Etym: [L. subsignare; sub under + signare to mark: cf.
F. soussigner. See Sign.]
Defn: To sign beneath; to subscribe. [R.] Camden.
SUBSIGNATION
Sub`sig*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. subsignatio.]
Defn: The act of writing the name under something, as for attestation. [R.] Shelton.
SUBSILICATE
Sub*sil"i*cate, n.
Defn: A basic silicate.
SUBSIST Sub*sist", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Subsisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Subsisting.] Etym: [L. subsistere to stand still, stay, remain alive; sub under + sistere to stand, to cause to stand, from stare to stand: cf. F. subsister. See Stand.]
1. To be; to have existence; to inhere. And makes what happiness we justly call, Subsist not in the good of one, but all. Pope.