SUBSIDIZE

subsidize. Subsidize, v.t. to pay a subsidy to, or live by a subsidy

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Sub″si‐dize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subsidized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Subsidizing (?).] [[From Subsidy.]] 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.