Giving and transferring

Synonyms for subsidy

The synonym for subsidy recorded in this bank is grant, in the sense "a sum of money granted to help with a cost". Below it sits the sentence that fixes that meaning, the same sentence with the swap made, and the words that only look close.

1 synonym · Tier 2, Treeline · 1 sense · noun · 1 reason line · a wrong tile in 1 puzzle

The synonym for subsidy

grantnoun, in the sense "a sum of money granted to help with a cost"

One pair, read and signed off by a human before it shipped. The bank records a synonym per sense, so a second one appears here the day subsidy is audited in a second meaning.

The sensenounTier 2, TreelineGiving and transferring

a sum of money granted to help with a cost

The government subsidy helped farmers afford new irrigation equipment.

The sentence the game shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

grant

Same sentence, swapped: The government grant helped farmers afford new irrigation equipment.

Close but different

The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot subsidy is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.

tariff
quota
inspection

Where subsidy turns up in the game

subsidy is the word under test in one puzzle, at Tier 2, Treeline. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.

The puzzle where subsidy is the trap

moratoriumnoun, Tier 3, Ridgeline. The answer there is embargo, in the sense "a temporary suspension of an activity, especially by official action", and subsidy is one of the three tiles that lose.

Play subsidy

The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so subsidy reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.

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Closest first: other giving and transferring words at Treeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

philanthropistnounbenefactora person who gives generously to good causesTreelineHas a reason line pledgenoundonationa promise to give a specific amount, especially to a causeTreelineHas a reason line preserveverbmaintainkeep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destructionTreeline recallverb, nounwithdrawcause to be returnedTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line substituteverbexchangeput in the place of anotherTreelineHas a reason line supplyverbfurnishto provide something needed, typically in quantity or on an ongoing basisTreelineHas a reason line stretchverbextendextend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire bodyTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line strictlyadverbpurelyrestricted to somethingTreelineHas a reason line

A reason under every answer, not just a right answer

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