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Definition

support in the form of money or other economic aid

She says that U.S. agricultural subsidies are unfair to tax payers and the developing world.

She subsidizes a number of young artists.

subsidizes = supports by providing money or other economic aid

(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.)

It is these government checks, or subsidies, that keep corn and soybean prices low.
Michael Pollan -- The Omnivore's Dilemma

subsidies = economic aid

Subsidized job-training programs tend to be fairly popular among Democrats and Republicans, and certainly benefit some people.
Adam Davidson -- Making It in America

(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.)

The industry of Angolans doesn't subsidize foreigners, or any castles with moats, and their children are likely to get vaccinations and learn to read.
Barbara Kingsolver -- The Poisonwood Bible

(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.)

At the end of it a resolution to subsidize Thurn and Taxis failed.
Thomas Pynchon -- The Crying of Lot 49

(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.)

One of their early acts, after coming into power, was to stop subsidies for African school feeding.
Nelson Mandela -- I Am Prepared to Die
An' he says, 'Railroads an' shippin' companies draws subsidies—ain't that relief?'
John Steinbeck -- The Grapes of Wrath
The guard seemed furious with his government subsidized book of matches.
Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Supremacy

(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.)

The subsidy was withdrawn, the offer of a future partnership in Arnold's firm disappearing with it.
Judith Guest -- Ordinary People
It would have been nice to have subsidized boys' clubs and girls' clubs, and social centres, and to have had more hospitals.
Alan Paton -- Cry, the Beloved Country

(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.)

Volume I, concerned with Classification, had achieved some success in a small subsidized edition.
F. Scott Fitzgerald -- Tender is the Night

(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.)

For example, one out-of-the-box way to reduce pregnancies is to subsidize school uniforms for girls.
Nicholas D. Kristof -- Half the Sky

(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.)

I subsidize no pictures but pretty pictures.
Stephen King -- The Shining

(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.)

The state subsidizes the cost with taxpayers' money just so that the prices aren't prohibitive."
Stieg Larsson -- The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.)

The Sunday visits went on; the photographs continued to appear in the subsidized magazines that specialized in Africa.
V.S. Naipaul -- A Bend in the River

(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.)

And I only work at the stupid labs to subsidize my school ....
Lauren Oliver -- Delirium

(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.)

He was subsidizing the wealthy kids one at a time, reaching a population that probably didn't need the extra help anyway.
Joshua Davis -- Spare Parts

(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.)

Should it ever get into financial difficulties I might even have to subsidize it.
Arthur C. Clarke -- Childhood's End

(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.)

There were federally-subsidized housing projects not far from here called Maravilla.
Luis J. Rodriguez -- Always Running

(editor's note: The suffix "-ive" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.)

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