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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But electricity bills have emerged as a potent political issue in Georgia and nationwide, with grassroots opposition to data centers partly based on fears that other customers will subsidize the power demands of technology behemoths.
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CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
Europe is taxing Americans to subsidize a continent held back by Europe’s own suffocating regulations.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
Their earth-shattering discovery was that housing stability is greater when housing is subsidized than when it is not subsidized.
—Christopher Calton, Oc Register, 4 Dec. 2025
In the mid-two-thousands, the canton launched a trial program, subsidizing schools that taught in the standardized language.
—Simon Akam, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
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CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
Europe is taxing Americans to subsidize a continent held back by Europe’s own suffocating regulations.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
Their earth-shattering discovery was that housing stability is greater when housing is subsidized than when it is not subsidized.
—Christopher Calton, Oc Register, 4 Dec. 2025
In the mid-two-thousands, the canton launched a trial program, subsidizing schools that taught in the standardized language.
—Simon Akam, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for subsidize
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“Subsidize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subsidize. Accessed 8 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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