subsidize
subsidize is a 9-letter English word with 3 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 21 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. 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.
- verb. support through subsidies
"The arts in Europe are heavily subsidized"
- verb. secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy, as of nations or military forces
Synonyms
Common word forms
subsidized, subsidizer, subsidizes, subsidizing
Words from these letters
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