subsidized

adjective

sub·​si·​dized ˈsəb-sə-ˌdīzd How to pronounce subsidized (audio)
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: furnished with a subsidy : paid for with the assistance of a subsidy (such as a grant of public or private money)
subsidized housing
An entitlement to heavily subsidized health care, regardless of financial need, is a luxury …Richard Jackson
Apple employees still rhapsodize about the exquisite salmon served at a subsidized price in the employee cafeteria …Jeff Goodell

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In the first half of 2024, this figure had risen to 150 kWh per month, indicating an upward trend in energy use among subsidized families. Dianne Plummer, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025 Waits for subsidized housing are often so long that people get stuck for months or years in the state’s patchwork shelter system. Calmatters, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2025 Rachel Dubose had just bought a house and started a new full-time job at the Housing Authority of Cook County as a housing specialist, helping low-income county residents obtain and maintain their subsidized housing. Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025 Yet the company failed in part because the United States had no plan to address the fallout when China flooded the market with cheap, subsidized solar cells. Steve Bowsher, Foreign Affairs, 24 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for subsidized

Word History

First Known Use

1785, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of subsidized was in 1785

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“Subsidized.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/subsidized. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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