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
vb. (present participle of subsidize English)
Usage examples of "subsidizing".
Beginning in 2001, the state was to begin subsidizing the Millennium Turkey to the tune of $70 million annually, escalating over 40 years to a total handout exceeding $6 billion.
And it irked Kagami no end that, at least in part, he was subsidizing his brother-in-law.
The subsidizing of those fellows was one of the shrewdest moves of the opponents of reform.
Given that the electricity he used that was produced by Grantville's huge power plant was essentially free anyway-the power plant produced far more electricity than Grantville could possibly use-he was in effect subsidizing his own pharmaceutical business.
Such as, for example, subsidizing the Swede in the past or allying now with Spain.
Given that the electricity he used that was produced by Grantville's huge power plant was essentially free anyway—the power plant produced far more electricity than Grantville could possibly use—he was in effect subsidizing his own pharmaceutical business.
The CIA was subsidizing the Jordanian service to the tune of millions of dollars a year.
Algeria is the largest country in Africa and the CIA was heavily subsidizing its intelligence service, spending millions to get their assistance in the war against al Qaeda.