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    subsidize
    /ˈsʌbsɪdʌɪz/

    verb

    • 1. support (an organization or activity) financially: "the mining industry continues to be subsidized"

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  3. to pay part of the cost of something: £50 would help to subsidize the training of an unemployed teenager. The refugees live in subsidized housing provided by the authorities. Fewer examples. All private universities are subsidized by the government.

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      to pay part of the cost of something: $50 would help...

  4. transitive verb. : 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. subsidization.

  5. To subsidize is to grant a subsidya direct payment made by a government to a company or other organization as a form of assistance. The process of subsidizing is subsidization. Governments often subsidize particular industries, such as through granting farm subsidies.

  6. to pay part of the cost of something: $50 would help subsidize the training of an unemployed teenager. The refugees live in subsidized housing provided by the authorities. Fewer examples. All private universities are subsidized by the government.

  7. If a government or other authority subsidizes something, they pay part of the cost of it. Around the world, governments have subsidized the housing of middle and upper-income groups. [VERB noun] At the moment they are existing on pensions that are subsidised by the government. [be VERB -ed] subsidized adjective.

  8. To subsidize something is to support it by providing it with money or other resources. Don't expect your parents to subsidize your addiction to solid-gold puppy figurines.

  9. SUBSIDIZE definition: If a government or other organization subsidizes something, it pays part of the cost of it, so that…. Learn more.

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