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 in1785–95; 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

Some one has employed, or subsidised, one of the local editors to attack me once a week.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson
There is a subsidised theatre at Lisbon, but it does little to elevate the dramatic art elsewhere.
Spanish Life in Town and Country|L. Higgin and Eugne E. Street
Schools subsidised by the Board of Education are obliged to provide science-teaching.
Cambridge Essays on Education|Various
We had already subsidised them, and they expected us soon to work in their country, and to pay them handsomely for escort.
Palestine|Claude Reignier Conder

Whereas, in Madras, it gladly used Schwartz, subsidised the mission with 500 pagodas or 225l.
Henry Martyn Saint and Scholar|George Smith

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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British Dictionary definitions for subsidize

subsidise

Derived forms of subsidize