"cross-subsidy" meaning in All languages combined

See cross-subsidy on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: cross-subsidies [plural]
Etymology: From cross- + subsidy. Etymology templates: {{af|en|cross-|subsidy}} cross- + subsidy Head templates: {{en-noun|cross-subsidies}} cross-subsidy (plural cross-subsidies)
  1. A subsidy from profit-making operations of a business to support loss-making operations of the same business. Related terms: cross-subsidise, cross-subsidize, cross-subsidisation, cross-subsidization

Inflected forms

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