subsidize
Origin of subsidize
1- Also especially British, sub·si·dise .
Other words from subsidize
- sub·si·diz·a·ble, adjective
- sub·si·di·za·tion, noun
- sub·si·diz·er, noun
- de·sub·si·di·za·tion, noun
- de·sub·si·dize, verb (used with object), de·sub·si·dized, de·sub·si·diz·ing.
- non·sub·si·dized, adjective
- un·sub·si·dized, adjective
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How to use subsidize in a sentence
That is more than enough for him and his wife, Vasiliki, but in this family-oriented society pensions often subsidise the young.
Greece on the Brink of Financial Abyss as Syriza Party Weighs Default | John Psaropoulos | May 12, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThat he was anxious we have seen, by his attempts to subsidise his literary gains by a Government office.
Thackeray | Anthony TrollopeI think, now I am rich and respectable, I shall subsidise a prize-fighter to pitch into me once a fortnight.
Ravenshoe | Henry KingsleyNo rich man has yet proposed to found, endow, or subsidise such a theatre.
The Golden Butterfly | Walter BesantThe Indian peasants groaned under the burden of taxes imposed to subsidise a horde of functionaries.
The South American Republics, Part II (of 2) | Thomas C. Dawson
Brenart, whom she could no longer subsidise, kept aloof, for mixed reasons of his own.
The History of David Grieve | Mrs. Humphry Ward
British Dictionary definitions for subsidize
subsidise
/ (ˈsʌbsɪˌdaɪz) /
to aid or support with a subsidy
to obtain the aid of by means of a subsidy
Derived forms of subsidize
- subsidizable or subsidisable, adjective
- subsidization or subsidisation, noun
- subsidizer or subsidiser, noun
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