The Collaborative International Dictionary
Subsidize \Sub"si*dize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subsidized; p. pr. & vb. n. Subsidizing.] [From Subsidy.] To furnish with a subsidy; to purchase the assistance of by the payment of a subsidy; to aid or promote, as a private enterprise, with public money; as, to subsidize a steamship line.
He employed the remittances from Spain to subsidize a
large body of German mercenaries.
--Prescott.
Wiktionary
that receives a subsidy v
(en-past of: subsidize)
WordNet
adj. having partial financial support from public funds; "lived in subsidized public housing" [syn: subsidised]
Usage examples of "subsidized".
Heavily subsidized by tax dollars, both events supposedly still bleed red ink, and each year the promoters come begging for more public money.
Online advertising was supposed to amortize start-up and operational costs and lead to profitability even as it subsidized free access to costly content.
She's pregnant-but he is a medical doctor, one of the top categories for subsidized out-migration.
Non commercial entities jumped on the bandwagon and started sewing these networks together (an activity fully subsidized by government funds).
The future will, no doubt, will be witness to public Internet terminals, subsidized ISP accounts, free Internet classes and an alternative "non-commercial, public" approach to the Net.
Oh, he made plentybut not the races, and not the municipalities that subsidized them.
Food Caves, the George Washington Carver and the Gregor Mendel, and the Commission again announced an increase in subsidized out-migration quota but again with no relaxation in standards (the injunction against the Commission issued by Mr.
Jake, I want to hand over to Shorty a complete plant, subsidized and maintained, so that he can put his mind solely on preaching and praying and soul-saving.
She’s pregnant—but he is a medical doctor, one of the top categories for subsidized out-migration.
You may think unlawful immigrants sucking the nipple of taxpayer subsidized healthcare is a good thing, but you're wrong, and I'll prove it.
The projects on East Trade were cement barracks subsidized by the government and exploited by criminals who did deals in the dark and got their women to lie when the cops showed up.
At least Radar could ensure that she would be filling out forms the rest of her life, and Midland was government subsidized housing, definitely not a nice place for a female or her reporter ride-along.
They had just pulled up to the federally subsidized housing project of Earle Village and entered apartment 121, where there were suspicious signs of money.