Subsidize
Pronunciation : Sub"si*dize
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [From Subsidy.]
Definition : Defn: 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. Prescott.
t. [imp. & p. p. Subsidized; p. pr. & vb. n. Subsidizing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913