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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As part of the measures, the government will subsidize the construction of underground power transmission lines to semiconductor clusters, as well as increase the funding ratio for infrastructure in advanced industrial complexes to 50% from 30%.
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Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2025
And foreign governments like China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan all subsidize semiconductor manufacturing heavily with tools like grants and tax breaks.
—Ana Swanson, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Argentina got into the habit of subsidizing inefficient local industries and printing increasingly more money to try to sustain living standards.
—Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
But transit ridership collapsed after the war as millions of Americans left cities for new suburbs created by federal policies, which paid for the construction of highways and roads, and subsidized mass homeownership in the suburbs.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 2025
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Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 15 Apr. 2025
And foreign governments like China, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan all subsidize semiconductor manufacturing heavily with tools like grants and tax breaks.
—Ana Swanson, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Argentina got into the habit of subsidizing inefficient local industries and printing increasingly more money to try to sustain living standards.
—Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald, 11 Apr. 2025
But transit ridership collapsed after the war as millions of Americans left cities for new suburbs created by federal policies, which paid for the construction of highways and roads, and subsidized mass homeownership in the suburbs.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 10 Apr. 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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