subsidize

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: sub=si=dize

CIDE DICTIONARY

subsidize, v. t. [From Subsidy.].

 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.  [1913 Webster]
"He employed the remittances from Spain to subsidize a large body of German mercenaries."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

subsidize, v.tr. (also -ise)
1 pay a subsidy to.
2 reduce the cost of by subsidy (subsidized lunches).

Derivative

subsidization n. subsidizer n.

THESAURUS

subsidize

accommodate, afford, afford support, aid, angel, assist, back, back up, bankroll, bear, bear out, bear up, blow to, bolster, bolster up, brace, buoy up, buttress, capitalize, carry, clothe, contribute, cradle, crutch, cushion, donate, endow, fill, fill up, finance, find, fund, furnish, give, give support, go treat, grubstake, help, hold, hold up, invest, keep, keep afloat, keep up, lend support, mainstay, maintain, make available, make provision for, patronize, pay for, pay the bill, pay the bills, pension, pension off, pillow, prepare, present, promote, prop, prop up, provide, provide for, recruit, refinance, reinforce, replenish, set up, shore, shore up, shoulder, sponsor, stake, stand drinks, stand to, stand treat, stay, stock, store, subvene, subvention, subventionize, supply, support, sustain, treat, treat to, underbrace, undergird, underlie, underpin, underset, underwrite, upbear, uphold, upkeep, yield

ROGET THESAURUS

subsidize

Expenditure

VB expend, spend, run through, get through, pay, disburse, ante, ante up, pony up, open the purse strings, loose the purse strings, untie the purse strings, lay out, shell out, fork out, fork over, bleed, make up a sum, invest, sink money, run up debts, run up bills (debt), fee, pay one's way, subscribe, subsidize.