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- subsidy[subsidy 词源字典]
- subsidy: see session
[subsidy etymology, subsidy origin, 英语词源] - subsidy (n.)
- late 14c., from Anglo-French subsidie, Old French subside "help, aid, assistance, contribution," from Latin subsidium "a help, aid, assistance, (military) reinforcements, troops in reserve," from subsidere "to settle down, stay, remain" (see subside).