Financial assistance (often from governmental bodies) to businesses, citizens, or institutions to encourage a desired activity deemed beneficial.
Source: GreenFacts
Transfer of resources to an entity, which either reduces the operating costs or increases the revenues of such entity for the purpose of achieving some objective.
Source:
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
Epipelagic - Market-based instruments
Español: Subsidio
Français: Subvention
Nederlands: Subsidie