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
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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.