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cross-subsidy

cross-subsidy noun: a subsidy from profit-making operations of a business to support loss-making operations of the same business.

Noun

cross-subsidy (plural cross-subsidies)

  1. A subsidy from profit-making operations of a business to support loss-making operations of the same business.
    • The grouping into the Big Four (the Great Western Railway, the London Midland & Scottish Railway, the London & North Eastern Railway, and Southern Railway) came into effect in 1923, and created the largest businesses in Britain. It effectively formalised the concept of cross-subsidy, whereby each...2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 36

Forms of cross-subsidy

pluralcross-subsidies

Origin of cross-subsidy

From cross- + subsidy.

Questions about cross-subsidy

What does cross-subsidy mean?
Cross-subsidy means a subsidy from profit-making operations of a business to support loss-making operations of the same business.
What part of speech is cross-subsidy?
Cross-subsidy is a noun.
What is the plural of cross-subsidy?
The plural of cross-subsidy is cross-subsidies.

Words near cross-subsidy in the dictionary

  1. cross-subsidising
  2. cross-subsidize
  3. cross-subsidized
  4. cross-subsidizes
  5. cross-subsidizing
  6. cross-subsidy
  7. cross-tab
  8. cross-tabs
  9. cross-tabulate
  10. cross-tail
  11. cross-tails

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