rootsubsidy
/ˈruːtˌsʌbsədi/nounVerified NewThe unadvertised flow of money from parents to adult children — deposits, top-ups, interest-free loans — that makes one household's finances look self-made.
It appears in statistics as generational divergence and at dinner as a change of subject. Rootsubsidy is the difference between the household that struggled and the one that quietly did not have to.
Etym. — root + subsidy — support flowing underground, from roots to trunk.
Rel. — starterinheritance
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