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Grammar : Verb
Spell : suhb-si-dahyz
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsʌb sɪˌdaɪz


Definition of subsidize

Origin :
  • 1795, from subsidy + -ize. Originally "to pay to hire" (mercenaries, foreign troops, etc.), also of nations, "to buy neutrality or alliance." Meaning "to bribe" is from 1815. Meaning "to support by grants of (often government) money" is from 1828. Related: Subsidized; subsidizing.
  • verb give money to get started
Example sentences :
  • The municipalities were to promote their creation and to subsidize them.
  • Extract from : « Syndicalism in France » by Louis Levine
  • And thenwhat did he subsidize these gunmen for if not for such an emergency as this?
  • Extract from : « The Heart of Canyon Pass » by Thomas K. Holmes
  • Do you think that in the world we live in one can subsidize a Divinity, a first-class one, for that price?
  • Extract from : « The Surprises of Life » by Georges Clemenceau
  • Men buy and sell their millions, subsidize states, and raise loans in dens dark and dismal enough to be prison-cells.
  • Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • It is unpromising enough outside, but there is wealth within to subsidize a kingdom.
  • Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • It has also been suggested that the State might subsidize millers to the extent of 2s.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 » by Various
  • You must remember that ten minutes hence you'll be trying to subsidize a railroad company.
  • Extract from : « The Helpers » by Francis Lynde
  • The substitutes were, first, to purchase a peace; and secondly, to subsidize other nations to protect commerce.
  • Extract from : « The Life of George Washington, Vol. 5 (of 5) » by John Marshall
  • I have actually to subsidize a masseuse to live round the corner, and she cheeks me all the time.
  • Extract from : « The Celebrity at Home » by Violet Hunt
  • Another is for a few people of means to subsidize a magazine for the exhaustive criticism of contemporary work for a few years.
  • Extract from : « Mankind in the Making » by H. G. Wells

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