Definition of Subsidize

1. Verb. Support through subsidies. "The arts in Europe are heavily subsidized"


2. Verb. Secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy, as of nations or military forces.
Exact synonyms: Subsidise
Generic synonyms: Pay
Derivative terms: Subsidisation, Subsidisation, Subsidization, Subsidization

Definition of Subsidize

1. v. t. 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.

Definition of Subsidize

1. Verb. (transitive) To assist someone or something by granting a subsidy. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Subsidize

1. [v -DIZED, -DIZING, -DIZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Subsidize

subsidiarity
subsidiary
subsidiary company
subsidiary ledger
subsidies
subsiding
subsidisation
subsidise
subsidised
subsidiser
subsidisers
subsidises
subsidising
subsidization
subsidizations
subsidize (current term)
subsidized
subsidizer
subsidizers
subsidizes
subsidizing
subsidy
subsign
subsigned
subsigning
subsigns
subsilicate
subsilicates
subsinuate
subsist

Literary usage of Subsidize

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The British State Telegraphs: A Study of the Problem of a Large Body of by Hugo Richard Meyer (1907)
"The State telegraphs subsidize betting on horse races. BEFORE proceeding with the further discussion of the intervention of the House of Commons in the ..."

2. The British State Telegraphs: A Study of the Problem of a Large Body of by Hugo Richard Meyer (1907)
"The State telegraphs subsidize betting on horse races. BEFORE proceeding with the further discussion of the intervention of the House of Commons in the ..."

3. Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science by G. W. Hastings, Andr. Edgar, Edw. Pears, Ch. W. Ryalls (1868)
"What is the best Method for educating the Idiotic and Imbecile ; and ought the State to subsidize Educational ..."

4. A Calm Review of the Measures Employed in the Religious Awakening in Boston by Robert Woodward Cushman (1846)
"The diligent mariner, who encounters inauspicious gales, instead of sullenly casting anchor, will endeavor to subsidize the wind he can neither repress nor ..."

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