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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The changes come at a time when there's already a shortage of 119,000 affordable housing units in Michigan and the waitlist for the state's largest housing choice voucher program, which subsidizes rents for low-income families, remains closed and is not drawing names.
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Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 29 Nov. 2025
At a time of record federal deficits, spiking highway deaths, and heightened concern about emissions, subsidizing truck freight makes no economic sense.
—Michael F. Gorman, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2025
Some analysts say this structure, where Nvidia is essentially subsidizing one of its biggest customers, artificially inflates actual demand for AI.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 23 Nov. 2025
While federal funding for programs that support care and subsidize families, such as the Child Care and Development Block Grant or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, has occasionally increased, a national program on the order of the CCDA has been conspicuously absent.
—Lauren Hilgers, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
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Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 29 Nov. 2025
At a time of record federal deficits, spiking highway deaths, and heightened concern about emissions, subsidizing truck freight makes no economic sense.
—Michael F. Gorman, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2025
Some analysts say this structure, where Nvidia is essentially subsidizing one of its biggest customers, artificially inflates actual demand for AI.
—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 23 Nov. 2025
While federal funding for programs that support care and subsidize families, such as the Child Care and Development Block Grant or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, has occasionally increased, a national program on the order of the CCDA has been conspicuously absent.
—Lauren Hilgers, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
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“Subsidize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subsidize. Accessed 2 Dec. 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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