subsidize
verb
sub·si·dize
ˈsəb-sə-ˌdīz 
-zə-
subsidized; subsidizing
: to furnish with a subsidy: such as
a
: to purchase the assistance of by payment of a subsidy
b
: to aid or promote (someone or something, such as a private enterprise) with public money
subsidize soybean farmers
subsidize public transportation
subsidizer
noun
Examples of subsidize in a Sentence
The state subsidizes housing for low-income families.
She feels that private businesses should not be subsidized by taxpayers.
The company subsidizes health insurance for its employees.
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The fastest way to Make America Healthy Again is to encourage balanced diets and stop subsidizing unhealthy food choices.
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
China is subsidizing the production of fentanyl, maximum subsidy available in China to make the ingredients to kill Americans.
—NBC News, 9 Mar. 2025
Last year, a report by a special House committee focused on countering the Chinese government said Beijing was fueling the fentanyl crisis in the U.S. by subsidizing the manufacturing of materials used by traffickers to make the drug outside the country.
—arkansasonline.com, 7 Mar. 2025
That effectively means that taxpayers in those states were subsidizing private school tuition that those students’ families had already committed to paying.
—Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Mar. 2025
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Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
China is subsidizing the production of fentanyl, maximum subsidy available in China to make the ingredients to kill Americans.
—NBC News, 9 Mar. 2025
Last year, a report by a special House committee focused on countering the Chinese government said Beijing was fueling the fentanyl crisis in the U.S. by subsidizing the manufacturing of materials used by traffickers to make the drug outside the country.
—arkansasonline.com, 7 Mar. 2025
That effectively means that taxpayers in those states were subsidizing private school tuition that those students’ families had already committed to paying.
—Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Subsidize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subsidize. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.
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subsidize
verb
sub·si·dize
ˈsəb-sə-ˌdīz
-zə-
subsidized; subsidizing
: to aid or furnish with a subsidy
subsidizer
noun
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