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to subsidize

to subsidize

164 6.0
To give money to help a business, service, or group continue, often by government
  • verb
  • /ˈsʌb.sɪ.daɪz/
  • US
translation icon : subvencionar
  • Since 1988, the European Union has subsidized cropland set-aside in order to limit production.
  • subsidized housing
  • government subsidizes
  • subsidized prices

That way governments wouldn't have to subsidize families who are working.

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Examples

  • And should the public be taking on the risk by subsidizing those things?

  • But the question has been raised, can we afford to subsidize that many jobs?

  • We're going to need to find ways to subsidize my work.

  • Federal government will subsidize... pay us...

  • You want to subsidize my music?

  • Actually, Sack got the governor to subsidize part of the project.

  • That way governments wouldn't have to subsidize families who are working.

  • In 1997, $30 million from the Health Care Access Fund was used to subsidize MCHA for 2 years.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The cost to the federal government of subsidizing coverage in the exchanges, in turn, could become unsustainable.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The government decided to subsidize small businesses affected by the pandemic to help them survive.

Synonyms

to underwrite
vsto subsidize
  • Specialized
16 7.9

To promise to provide money for a project if needed

is funding usually provided by authorities to keep an organization operating
to subvent
vsto subsidize
  • Formal
9.9

Give money to help pay for something, usually by a grant

is usually government funding to help an organization keep operating
to subvention
vsto subsidize
  • Formal
9.9

To give money to help an activity or group

is mainly funding by authorities to help organizations continue operating

Antonyms

To stop giving help and approval to a person or group

How Generous

to bail out
84 3.7
to subsidize
  • US
164 6.0
to support
753 1.4
assist
33 1.8

Surface Forms

subsidize infinitive
subsidized past
subsidized past participle
subsidizing present participle
subsidizes third person singular

Morphology

subsidize = subsidy (transparent) = subsidy + ize

Built regularly from the noun 'subsidy' with the productive verb-forming suffix '-ize', so the meaning 'to give a subsidy' is directly predictable.

Etymology

Subsidize comes from Latin parts sub- 'under' and sedere 'to sit', and from the Latin word subsidium which meant 'help'. Think of a subsidy as money that 'sits under' a project to hold it up, so to subsidize is to give money to help and support it.