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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Preventing states and localities from using inflated EMS reimbursements as a way to subsidize growing local budgets is seen by many as a logical next step for Congress.
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Patrick Gleason, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Cities subsidize stadiums; how about micro‑grants for pop‑up circus rigs, drag brunches, and sidewalk music that turns a block into a destination?
—Seth Yudof, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
With small guts but big, energy-hogging brains, these creatures were apparently performing much of their metabolism outside of their bodies in order to subsidize their intelligence.
—Peter Brannen, Big Think, 28 Aug. 2025
That’s because enhancements to premium tax credits are set to expire at the end of 2025 that greatly subsidized prices for people of many different income levels.
—Alana Semuels, Time, 27 Aug. 2025
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Patrick Gleason, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Cities subsidize stadiums; how about micro‑grants for pop‑up circus rigs, drag brunches, and sidewalk music that turns a block into a destination?
—Seth Yudof, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
With small guts but big, energy-hogging brains, these creatures were apparently performing much of their metabolism outside of their bodies in order to subsidize their intelligence.
—Peter Brannen, Big Think, 28 Aug. 2025
That’s because enhancements to premium tax credits are set to expire at the end of 2025 that greatly subsidized prices for people of many different income levels.
—Alana Semuels, Time, 27 Aug. 2025
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“Subsidize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subsidize. Accessed 5 Sep. 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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