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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.

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  1. v. t. 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.
  2. v. support through subsidies
  3. v. secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy, as of nations or military forces
  4. 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.
  5. To furnish with a subsidy; to purchase the assistance of by thepayment 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 ofGerman mercenaries. Prescott.
  6. v:100 v. support through subsidies v. secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy, as of nations or military forces