subsidize

[ suhb-si-dahyz ]

/ ˈsʌb sɪˌdaɪz /

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verb (used with object), sub·si·dized, sub·si·diz·ing.

to furnish or aid with a subsidy.

to purchase the assistance of by the payment of a subsidy.

to secure the cooperation of by bribery; buy over.

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Also especially British, sub·si·dise .

Origin of subsidize

First recorded in 1785–95; subsid(y) + -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM subsidize

sub·si·diz·a·ble, adjectivesub·si·di·za·tion, nounsub·si·diz·er, nounde·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, adjectiveun·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|DAILY BEAST
That he was anxious we have seen, by his attempts to subsidise his literary gains by a Government office.
Thackeray|Anthony Trollope
I think, now I am rich and respectable, I shall subsidise a prize-fighter to pitch into me once a fortnight.
Ravenshoe|Henry Kingsley
No rich man has yet proposed to found, endow, or subsidise such a theatre.
The Golden Butterfly|Walter Besant

The 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

subsidize

subsidise

/ (ˈsʌbsɪˌdaɪz) /

verb (tr)

to aid or support with a subsidy

to obtain the aid of by means of a subsidy

Derived forms of subsidize

subsidizable or subsidisable, adjectivesubsidization or subsidisation, nounsubsidizer or subsidiser, noun

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subsidize

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subsidise

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