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单词 cross-subsidize
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Definition of cross-subsidize in English:

cross-subsidize

(British cross-subsidise)
verbkrɒsˈsʌbsɪdʌɪzˌkrɔsˈsəbsəˌdaɪz
[with object]
  • Subsidize (a business or activity) out of the profits of another business or activity.

    用来自另一企业(或活动)的利润补助(某企业或活动),横向资助

    busy services are cross-subsidizing off-peak ones
    Example sentencesExamples
    • If we can guarantee that those companies will not cross-subsidise the investment, why not let them make it?
    • This is nice for the postgraduates concerned but not so nice for the parts of the universities that are cross-subsidising the contest.
    • But if we look at those that have done well, they have been cross-subsidised.
    • Most important, they can cross-subsidise their facilities from research funding, which is highly competitive and unequally distributed.
    • If approved, the proposals could remove the power of health boards and universities to cross-subsidise loss-making departments or expensive areas of treatment from those which are more profitable.
    • Existing taught postgraduate programmes are largely safe from deletion, with universities expected to cross-subsidise them with profitable undergraduate courses.
    • High premiums offer less value to young, healthy members who cross-subsidise the older, often sicker members and are crucial to a sustainable medical aid fund.
    • The survey lends some support to the complaint by business organisations that they are forced to cross-subsidise cheaper electricity prices for consumers.
    • Well, it is the retail part of their businesses that cross-subsidises some of the other activities that pharmacists do.
    • Is there not a case for cross-subsidising the cost of connecting more remote areas from the revenues gained from more profitable existing connections?
    • In any case, public sector institutions are able to cross-subsidise losses from Government-funded domestic student operations in a way that the private sector cannot.
    • That income is then used to cross-subsidise a programme of visual arts, live theatre, dance, performance and music.
    • They have been able to cross-subsidise the hospital and rest home sector, which is unfortunate, because that sector should be funded adequately to be able to provide that level of care.
    • No manufacturer engaged in worldwide competition can afford to cross-subsidise one part of the world from another.
    • The former can unambiguously be associated with a particular service not covering its avoidable costs and being cross-subsidized by a service which more than covers its avoidable costs.
    • Rich households look set to pay more for water to cross-subsidise a free supply of 6000 litres a month to poor households.
    • Central city residents might thus cross-subsidize the extension of services into distant suburbs.
    • If you make it illegal for insurance companies to distinguish those drivers from other drivers, then the low-risk drivers will essentially be legally required to cross-subsidize the high-risk drivers.
    • We operate many services that lose money in our communities and cross-subsidize with services that pay well.
    • The idea is to have lots of healthy young people insured who are cross-subsidising the older and sicker subscribers.

Derivatives

  • cross-subsidization

  • noun
    • It states that there is absolutely no evidence at all that more money will go back into cross-subsidisation.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • That is, in economic terms, a cross-subsidisation of one by the other.
      • National flood insurance programmes, together with cross-subsidisation of fire and earthquake insurance, guarantee residential repair and rebuilding in the event of extensive damage.
      • Clearly consumers would benefit but cross-subsidisation also has the nasty effect of reducing operational efficiency and, in so doing, shareholder value.
      • Most noticeably, privatization of infrastructure usually prevents cross-subsidization to enhance affordability for poor consumers.
  • cross-subsidy

  • nounPlural cross-subsidiesˌkrɒsˈsʌbsɪdiˌkrɔsˈsəbsədi
    • A subsidy granted to a business or activity out of the profits of another business or activity.

      用来自另一企业(或活动)的利润补助(某企业或活动),横向资助

      privatization supporters claim cross-subsidies are wasteful
      Example sentencesExamples
      • mass noun cross-subsidy from commercial to residential consumers
      • To develop the discussion of natural monopoly and contestability, it is important to introduce three additional economic concepts: internal cross-subsidy, avoidable costs, and shared costs.
      • They would be forced to cut the cross-subsidy and spin off their consulting operations with a ban on doing non-audit work for audit clients.
      • There are two big problems with cross-subsidy as an approach to equity.

Definition of cross-subsidize in US English:

cross-subsidize

(British cross-subsidise)
verbˌkrôsˈsəbsəˌdīzˌkrɔsˈsəbsəˌdaɪz
[with object]
  • Subsidize (a business or activity) out of the profits of another business or activity.

    用来自另一企业(或活动)的利润补助(某企业或活动),横向资助

    busy services are cross-subsidizing off-peak ones
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Existing taught postgraduate programmes are largely safe from deletion, with universities expected to cross-subsidise them with profitable undergraduate courses.
    • If you make it illegal for insurance companies to distinguish those drivers from other drivers, then the low-risk drivers will essentially be legally required to cross-subsidize the high-risk drivers.
    • If we can guarantee that those companies will not cross-subsidise the investment, why not let them make it?
    • Rich households look set to pay more for water to cross-subsidise a free supply of 6000 litres a month to poor households.
    • The former can unambiguously be associated with a particular service not covering its avoidable costs and being cross-subsidized by a service which more than covers its avoidable costs.
    • That income is then used to cross-subsidise a programme of visual arts, live theatre, dance, performance and music.
    • In any case, public sector institutions are able to cross-subsidise losses from Government-funded domestic student operations in a way that the private sector cannot.
    • This is nice for the postgraduates concerned but not so nice for the parts of the universities that are cross-subsidising the contest.
    • We operate many services that lose money in our communities and cross-subsidize with services that pay well.
    • Is there not a case for cross-subsidising the cost of connecting more remote areas from the revenues gained from more profitable existing connections?
    • Most important, they can cross-subsidise their facilities from research funding, which is highly competitive and unequally distributed.
    • Central city residents might thus cross-subsidize the extension of services into distant suburbs.
    • High premiums offer less value to young, healthy members who cross-subsidise the older, often sicker members and are crucial to a sustainable medical aid fund.
    • But if we look at those that have done well, they have been cross-subsidised.
    • No manufacturer engaged in worldwide competition can afford to cross-subsidise one part of the world from another.
    • If approved, the proposals could remove the power of health boards and universities to cross-subsidise loss-making departments or expensive areas of treatment from those which are more profitable.
    • They have been able to cross-subsidise the hospital and rest home sector, which is unfortunate, because that sector should be funded adequately to be able to provide that level of care.
    • Well, it is the retail part of their businesses that cross-subsidises some of the other activities that pharmacists do.
    • The idea is to have lots of healthy young people insured who are cross-subsidising the older and sicker subscribers.
    • The survey lends some support to the complaint by business organisations that they are forced to cross-subsidise cheaper electricity prices for consumers.
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