subsidy

Monetary assistance granted by a government to a person or group in support of an enterprise regarded as being in the public interest.

Financial assistance given by one person or government to another.

Money formerly granted to the British Crown by Parliament.

An aid in money; pecuniary aid.

Especially— In English history, an aid or tax formerly granted by Parliament to the crown for the urgent occasions of the realm, and levied on every subject of ability according to the value of his lands or goods; a tax levied on a particular occasion.