subsidize

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"We don't want to over-subsidize, and we want to help as many people as possible," he said.

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  1. transitive verb To assist or support with a subsidy.
  2. transitive verb To secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy.

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  • Depending on the financial needs of the students the US government can either subsidize or unsubsidized the loan amount. —  MyLinkVault Newest Links
  • These unfortunate villages subsidize-with their bodies and their means of living-essential drugs as also a range of non-essential consumer commodities. —  Down To Earth
  • The government can use its power to tax, subsidize or create a new market mechanism to do this. —  ThePigSite - Industry News
  • There is no joint fiscal policy, no joint tax policy, no joint policy on which industries to subsidize or not. —  SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
  • Our supporting allies - presumably all the other English-speaking provinces whom we subsidize (England, Canada, Australia) - will share in the —  CounterPunch
 

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/ˈsəbsɪdaɪz/
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