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corporate welfare
noun[ U ]
mainly US mainly disapprovinguk /ˌkɔː.pər.ət ˈwel.feər/ us /ˌkɔːr.pɚ.ət ˈwel.fer/
help given by governments to companies, such as grants(= money for special purposes) or tax breaks(= the opportunity to pay less tax):
Many people are angry about all the corporate welfare, fraud, and corruption.
This amounts to corporate welfare of the most pernicious sort.
I don't believe in corporate welfare, but I do believe in investment.
Agribusiness has been a major recipient of corporate welfare.
Some want to slash corporate welfare, but not in their own back yards.
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