subsidize

English

Alternative forms

• subsidise (British)

Etymology

From subsidy +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌbsɪdaɪz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Verb

subsidize (third-person singular simple present subsidizes, present participle subsidizing, simple past and past participle subsidized)

1. (transitive) To assist (someone or something) by granting a subsidy.
   • 2018 December 1, Drachinifel, 1:18 from the start, in Anti-Slavery Patrols - The West Africa Squadron‎^[1], archived from the original on 29 November 2024:

     By the start of the 19th century, Europe was neckdeep in the Napoleonic Wars, which, at various times, amounted to the British Empire against Europe, and, at others, involved Britain subsidising various nations, such as Austria and Prussia, against Napoleon.

Derived terms

• cross-subsidize
• sub

Related terms

• subside

Translations

assist by granting a subsidy

• Arabic: دَعَمَ (daʕama)
• Armenian: սուբսիդավորել (subsidavorel)
• Bulgarian: субсидирам (bg) (subsidiram)
• Catalan: subvencionar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 資助 / 资助 (zh) (zīzhù), 给津贴 (zh) (gěijīntiē), 給津貼 / 给津贴 (zh) (gěi jīntiē)

• Czech: dotovat impf
• Dutch: subsidiëren (nl)
• Finnish: tukea (fi), subventoida (fi)
• French: subventionner (fr)
• German: subventionieren (de)
• Greek: επιχορηγώ (el) (epichorigó), επιδοτώ (el) (epidotó)
• Hebrew: לסבסד
• Italian: sovvenzionare (it)
• Kazakh: субсидиялау (subsidiälau)
• Portuguese: subsidiar, subvencionar (pt)
• Russian: субсиди́ровать (ru) impf or pf (subsidírovatʹ)
• Spanish: subvencionar (es), subsidiar (es)
• Swedish: subventionera (sv)
• Turkish: sübvanse etmek