Subsidize

Sub′si-dize

,

Verb.

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.

Subsidize

SUB'SIDIZE

,

Verb.

T.

[from subsidy.] To furnish with a subsidy; to purchase the assistance of another by the payment of a subsidy to him. Great Britain subsidized some of the German powers in the late war with France.

subsidize

English

Alternative forms

subsidise (British)

Verb

subsidize ‎(third-person singular simple present subsidizes, present participle subsidizing, simple past and past participle subsidized)

(transitive) To assist someone or something by granting a subsidy.

Translations

To assist someone or something by granting a subsidy

Armenian: սուբսիդավորել ‎(subsidavorel)
Catalan: subvencionar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 資助 (zh), 资助 (zh) ‎(zīzhù), 给津贴 (zh) ‎(gěijīntiē), 給津貼 (zh) ‎(gěi jīntiē)
Dutch: subsidiëren (nl)
Finnish: tukea (fi), subventoida (fi)
French: subventionner (fr)

German: subventionieren (de)
Greek: επιχορηγώ (el) ‎(epichorigó), επιδοτώ (el) ‎(epidotó)
Hebrew: לסבסד
Italian: sovvenzionare (it)
Portuguese: subsidiar, subvencionar (pt)
Russian: субсиди́ровать (ru) impf, pf ‎(subsidírovatʹ)
Spanish: subvencionar (es), subsidiar (es)
Swedish: subventionera

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