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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Subsidize

/sŭb'-sĭd-īzˌ/ · Sub·si·dize · IPA /ˈsʌbsɪdaɪz/
01 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 publ…
imp. & p. p. Subsidized; p. pr. & vb. n. Subsidizing
  1. 1.
    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.
    “He employed the remittances from Spain to subsidize a large body of German mercenaries.” Prescott.