Subsidizing

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Subsidize \Sub"si*dize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Subsidized}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Subsidizing}.] [From {Subsidy}.]
     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.


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           He employed the remittances from Spain to subsidize a
           large body of German mercenaries.        --Prescott.
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