assisted area
noun/əˌsɪstɪd ˈeəriə/
/əˌsɪstɪd ˈeriə/
- (in the UK) a part of the country in which there are many unemployed people, and the government tries to encourage business and industry to employ more people, for example, by lending money to companies at low interest
- When the mines closed down the region was granted assisted area status.
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