Subsidize /(?)/

Sub·si·dize

Subsidize

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Subsidized; p. pr. & vb. n. Subsidizing

  1. 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.