The entitlement to financial resources provided by an administrative body for the purpose of certain activities other than as payment for goods or services provided to the administrative body. Often used for activities related to the public interest, where the subsidy provider (often) has an interest in (maintaining) activities of the individual applications for the benefit of third parties. This often happens when competition in a market is not really possible. In the case of a subsidy, the performance that exists against the subsidy is not or hardly enforceable. If the subsidy conditions are not (fully) met, the subsidy must be repaid in whole or in part. In the case of scarce subsidies, as with scarce permits, there may also be an obligation to apply an objective selection method in order to distribute the subsidy.