subsidize
verb (used with object)
to furnish or aid with a subsidy.
subsidise
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a variation of
subsidize.
Example Sentences
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Those directly providing services say they are having to subsidise squeezed NHS budgets.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
"A concrete example is that governments subsidise large-scale fishing that is especially harmful for nature - for example, trawling."
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
"In the very short term, there is very little that governments can do. They can subsidise, for example, the price of fertiliser input... or fuel through subsidies," he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026
"Players are not only expected to be visible, but are obligated to be visible because of the low income to subsidise the lack of solid income they receive."
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
I have taken a lodging close to him, and as far as I can with my pittance I subsidise his narrow means.
From Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero by W. Warde Fowler
