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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These voucher programs give money to parents to subsidize their child’s tuition at private schools.
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Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
This adaptation exposes a fundamental tension for research universities, as their entire economic model currently depends on government funding for research that subsidizes other operations.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
Why should the taxpayers subsidize the learning of agglutinative grammars by an aimless young woman who became an administrator and then left the nine-to-five workforce to become a novelist?
—Lydia Kiesling, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
But while some of those payments end up in the pockets of insurance company executives and shareholders, some subsidizes the very extras, such as dental and vision coverage, gym memberships, debit cards, and low- or no-cost drug benefits, that attract consumers to the plans in the first place.
—Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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Clara-Sophia Daly, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
This adaptation exposes a fundamental tension for research universities, as their entire economic model currently depends on government funding for research that subsidizes other operations.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2025
Why should the taxpayers subsidize the learning of agglutinative grammars by an aimless young woman who became an administrator and then left the nine-to-five workforce to become a novelist?
—Lydia Kiesling, TIME, 20 Mar. 2025
But while some of those payments end up in the pockets of insurance company executives and shareholders, some subsidizes the very extras, such as dental and vision coverage, gym memberships, debit cards, and low- or no-cost drug benefits, that attract consumers to the plans in the first place.
—Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Subsidize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subsidize. Accessed 28 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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