subsidizeverb [ T ]
UK usually subsidise uk/ˈsʌb.sɪ.daɪz/us/ˈsʌb.sə.daɪz/to pay part of the cost of something:
£50 would help to subsidize the training of an unemployed teenager.
The refugees live in subsidized housing provided by the authorities.
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- All private universities are subsidized by the government.
- He raises the question as to whether the fine arts should be subsidized by public funds.
- They receive free or subsidized housing.
- Our canteen at work is subsidized.
- Airlines are also subsidized.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Paying money
- ante
- chargeable
- congestion charge
- demurrage
- disburse
- discharge
- disgorge
- expense
- fork
- fork out sth
- overspend
- pay up
- put sth down 1
- repayable
- self-financing
- sink
- spring
- square
- tip
- worth
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subsidization
noun [ U ] UK usually subsidisation uk/ˌsʌb.sɪ.daɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌsʌb.sə.dəˈzeɪ.ʃən/
subsidizer
noun [ C ] UK usually subsidiser uk/ˈsʌb.sɪ.daɪ.zər/us/ˈsʌb.sə.daɪ.zɚ/
European countries are quite aggressive subsidizers of grain exports.