Meanings
present singular third person subsidises · participle present subsidising · participle past subsidised · past subsidised
- UKnonstandardNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of subsidize.
The government wants to subsidise healthcare products for the elderly.
2 more examples
The Select Committee's recommendation that those which the railways are required to provide on grounds of national interest or social needs should be subsidised by the state has obviously been pigeon-holed.
1961 February, “Talking of Trains: The White Paper”, in Trains Illustrated, page 65Money was tight in 1970, but the government was prepared to subsidise some loss-making passenger services because of their social benefits.
2020 April 8, Howard Johnston, “East-ended? When the ECML was at risk: Passenger services on thin ice”, in Rail, page 69
Synonyms & antonyms
verbsecure the assistance of by granting a subsidy, as of nations or military forces
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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