subsidize

verb

sub·​si·​dize ˈsəb-sə-ˌdīz 

-zə-

subsidized; subsidizing

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

ˌsəb-sə-də-ˈzā-shən 

-zə-

noun

subsidizer noun

Synonyms of subsidize

• fund
• finance

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.

Recent Examples on the Web

To help subsidize costs for members, HAAM partnered with Central Health, which is Travis County's public hospital district — a type of health agency in Texas charged with using tax dollars to fund safety-net healthcare for poor residents. — Olivia Aldridge, NPR, 23 Aug. 2026

The federal assistance helps subsidize rents for low-income tenants. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026

Under Gavi’s cofinancing model, low- and middle-income countries’ initial vaccine purchases are subsidized by contributions from high-income countries and other investors. — Kathryn H. Jacobsen, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2026

Deploying robots even further across the industrial world represents a massive opportunity that can drive early commercial scale for the model developers and offers a compelling means to subsidize real-world data capture for further training runs. — Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1755, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for subsidize

• advertise
• aggrandize
• alibis
• alkalies
• alkalis
• amortize
• amplifies
• analyse
• analyze
• anywise
• authorize
• butterflies

Kids Definition

subsidize

verb

sub·​si·​dize ˈsəb-sə-ˌdīz 

-zə-

subsidized; subsidizing

: to aid or furnish with a subsidy

subsidization

ˌsəb-səd-ə-ˈzā-shən 

ˌsəb-zəd-

noun

subsidizer noun