| 单词 | subsidize | 
| 释义 | subsidizev. 1.   a.  transitive. To pay money to (a country or leader) in order to secure military assistance or neutrality. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > support by payment			[verb (transitive)]		 > pay subsidy to (a country) subsidize1753 1753 [see subsidizing n.].							 1755    J. E. Oglethorpe Naked Truth 		(ed. 3)	 25  				We have nothing to do but to subsidise all Germany, the King of Prussia amongst the rest, if we can get him. a1797    H. Walpole Mem. George III 		(1845)	 I. vii. 105  				Little Princes are subsidized, when not worthy of reciprocation. 1805    in  Spirit of Public Jrnls. 		(1806)	 9 1  				I have sought relief in hearing the censure of Administration for subsidizing the Continent. 1860    L. V. Harcourt Diaries G. Rose I. 66  				To subsidize one power against another. 1927    Encycl. Islam 		(1987)	 II. 219/1  				The treaty with Sweden..to subsidise this country in the war with Russia was of little avail.  b.  transitive. To pay money to (mercenary or foreign troops) for the provision of military services. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > support by payment			[verb (transitive)]		 > pay subsidy to (a country) > pay subsidy for services of subsidize1776 1776    Scots Mag. Apr. 171/2  				We had already shewn, by subsidizing foreign mercenaries to butcher our fellow-subjects in America, that we..had not natural strength enough. 1795    W. Seward Anecd. 		(1796)	 III. 382  				Lord Chatham was obliged to call in to its aid the mercenary troops of other Nations: these..he subsidised with a liberal..hand. 1803    Duke of Wellington Dispatches 		(1835)	 II. 223  				The latter has agreed to subsidize one company of artillery and two battalions of native infantry. 1838    W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella III.  ii. xiv. 115  				He obtained a small supply of men from his Italian allies, and subsidized a corps of eight thousand Swiss. 1878    W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Eng. 18th Cent. I. iii. 350  				An army of about 44000 Swedes, Danes, and Hessians was subsidised. 1910    W. Lee-Warner Native States India viii. 224  				The Maharaja's minister, Raoji Apaji, undertook to subsidise a British force, and ceded territories for the purpose. 1994    J. E. Thomson Mercenaries, Pirates & Sovereigns iv. 96  				They do not lease their armies to other states, and they do not directly subsidize other states' armies.  2.  In extended uses.  a.  transitive. To secure the services of (a person, organization, etc.) by payment or bribery. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > 			[verb (transitive)]		 > bribe meedOE underorna1325 corrump1387 forbuy1393 hirec1400 wage1461 fee1487 under-arearc1503 bribe1528 grease1528 money1528 corrupt1548 budc1565 to feed with money1567 to put out a person's eyes with (a gift, bribe, etc.)1580 sweeten1594 to grease the fist or (one) in the fist1598 over-bribe1619 to buy off1629 palter1641 to take off1646 buy1652 overmoneya1661 bub1684 to speak to ——1687 to tickle in the palm1694 daub1699 overbuy1710 touch1752 palm1767 to get at ——1780 fix1790 subsidize1793 sop1837 to buy over1848 backsheesh1850 nobble1856 square1859 hippodrome1866 see1867 boodleize1883 boodle1886 to get to ——1901 reach1906 straighten1923 lubricate1928 to keep (someone) sweet1939 sling1939 to pay off1942 bung1950 society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > paying (money) for labour or service > pay (a person) for labour or service			[verb (transitive)]		 > secure services of by payment subsidize1793 1793    European Mag. & London Rev. Oct. 322/2  				The widow Capet has not for a moment withheld criminal intelligence and correpondence with Foreign powers..by agents devoted to her, whom she subsidized and caused to be paid out of the treasury. 1815    W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 26 		(note)	  				Deigning to subsidize a venal pen in order to throw a gloss over the flagrant dereliction. 1862    F. Hall tr.  N. N. Gore Rational Refut. Hindu Philos. Syst. 122  				In its operations, it [sc. the soul] subsidizes all the sense-organs. 1871    Daily News 6 Nov.  				It was..to abstain..from subsidising the press. 1899    R. Kipling Stalky & Co. 66  				The three..stood to attention..in full view of all the visitors, to whom fags, subsidised for that end, pointed them out as victims of Prout's tyranny. 1966    J. W. Barker Justinian & Later Rom. Empire vi. 213  				These newcomers to the Balkans had already begun to cause difficulties for Justinian... He had subsidized them with minimal success. 1992    Sky Mag. 		(Delta Airlines)	 Dec. 100/3  				The queen may have wanted to subsidize the earl so that he would rally the nation with his patriotic histories.  b.  transitive. To support by grants of money; spec.		 (a) (of a state, public body, company, etc.) to contribute towards the running costs of (an organization, activity, commodity, etc.), esp. in order to keep prices low for the consumer;		 (b) to provide funding to help maintain (a person or his or her lifestyle, etc.).In quot. 1798   with admixture of sense  2a. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > support by payment			[verb (transitive)]		 subsist1625 subsidize1798 subvent1848 subvention1852 subventionize1879 bankroll1915 1798    Biogr. Anecd. Founders French Republic II. 414  				The committees of government resolved that two or three journalists should be subsidised, with a view of infusing into the minds of the French the true spirit of the new constitution. 1828    R. Southey in  Q. Rev. 38 592  				For the British Government to pay the Roman Catholic clergy would be to subsidize the Court of Rome against itself. 1871    Pall Mall Gaz. 23 Aug. 10  				M. Thiers' unhappy stroke of financial ingenuity actually subsidizes the detested Teuton. 1885    Manch. Examiner 17 Feb. 5/2  				The schools..have been subsidised by grants from the county magistrates. 1911    War Dept. Provis. Subsidy Scheme 1  				The full terms under which the War Department will subsidize vehicles. 1926    Amer. Mercury Apr. 430/1  				The notorious Board of Temperance..is heavily subsidized by such opulent laymen as Sebastian S. Kresge. 1954    P. Frankau Wreath for Enemy  i. iii. 24  				My ambition..is that she acquire a rich husband, so that she may subsidise Papa in his tottering old age. 1976    J. Lukasiewicz Railway Game 271  				That CN uses 60-year-old equipment..on a service heavily subsidized by public funds..is a shocking breach of its obligations to provide a decent standard of service. 1991    Economist 5 Oct. 34/1  				The agreement forces big, efficient retailers to subsidise small, inefficient ones. 2008    D. J. Downs Offering of Gentiles ii. 47  				He expected the Corinthians to subsidize his travels, first to Macedonia and then to Jerusalem.  c.  transitive. To provide funding for (a subversive scheme or course of action). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > pay money or things			[verb (transitive)]		 > supply money for something moneya1697 subsidize1852 refinance1895 fund1900 1852    Hansard Commons 21 May 906  				They subsidised rebellion against the constitution. 1858    J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. 		(ed. 2)	 III. xvi. 431  				Like so many of the northern abbots, he might have been hoarding a fund to subsidize insurrection. 1927    H. H. Fisher Famine in Soviet Russia viii. 195  				Trotzky..accused the ARA of giving relief with one hand and subsidizing counter-revolution under Baron Wrangel with the other. 1984    F. L. Klement Dark Lanterns vii. 200  				After the peace efforts failed, Jacob Thompson became interested in subsidizing an insurrection in the upper Midwest. 2010    R. Solomon Son & Heir 399  				‘You mean they are subsidising this rebellion?’ Julia questioned. Derivatives  ˈsubsidized  adj. ΚΠ 1785    App. Commerc. Resol. Irish Parl. Vindicated 10  				However those subsidised powers may have been blamed for submitting to such terms, Great Britain has been often served but never dishonoured by becoming thus tributary to many a petty Prince. 1872    Daily News 25 Mar.  				Every country has its subsidized lines of steamers, which carry mails to all parts of the world. 1908    Athenæum 31 Oct. 545/3  				It was about to cease as a subsidized publication of the French Government. 1969    C. Jencks  & D. Riesman Acad. Revol. iv. 167  				The less affluent students are also more likely to attend publicly subsidized institutions that discourage non-locals from applying. 2000    N.Y. Times 1 Jan.  d3/5  				He worked two and three jobs at a time..to pay the rent for his subsidized apartment in Bradenton. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  | 
	
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