corporate welfare
1Corporate welfare — is a perjorative term describing a government s bestowal of money grants, tax breaks, or other special favorable treatment on corporations or selected corporations. The term compares corporate subsidies and welfare payments to the poor, and… …
2corporate welfare — noun uncount AMERICAN MAINLY JOURNALISM the use of government money or tax policy to support corporations instead of poor people: Critics claim that letting big companies raise private stock on public land amounts to corporate welfare …
3corporate welfare — financial assistance, as tax breaks or subsidies, given by the government esp. to large companies. [1990 95, Amer.] * * * …
4corporate welfare — bus gov cor′porate wel′fare n. financial assistance, as tax breaks or subsidies, given by the government esp. to large companies • Etymology: 1990–95, amer …
5corporate welfare — financial assistance, as tax breaks or subsidies, given by the government esp. to large companies. [1990 95, Amer.] …
6Welfare (financial aid) — Welfare is financial assistance paid to people by governments. Some welfare is general, while specific and can only be invoked under certain circumstances, such as a scholarship. Welfare payments can be made to individuals or to companies or… …
7Welfare — may refer to:* Well being, quality of lifestyle ** Animal welfare, the quality of life of animals, and concerns thereabout * Welfare , a film directed by Frederick WisemanIn economics:* Social welfare provision, government programs that seek to… …
8Welfare state — This article is about the welfare state as a general concept. For the system known as the Welfare State in the United Kingdom, see Welfare State. % of GDP in social expenditures in OECD states, 2001. A welfare state is a concept of government in… …
9corporate — corporately, adv. corporateness, n. /kawr peuhr it, prit/, adj. 1. of, for, or belonging to a corporation or corporations: a corporate executive; She considers the new federal subsidy just corporate welfare. 2. forming a corporation. 3.… …
10Corporate Social Responsibility — Corporate initiative to assess and take responsibility for the company s effects on the environment and impact on social welfare. The term generally applies to company efforts that go beyond what may be required by regulators or environmental… …
