Category:Subsidize

Sub"si*dize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subsidized; p. pr. & vb. n. Subsidizing.] Etym: [from subsidy.]

Defn: 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.