Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subsidise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.36 in modern English

Syllables: sub-sidise
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of subsidize.

British usage

Example Sentences

"The government wants to subsidise healthcare products for the elderly."
"The Select Committee's recommendation that those which the railways are required to provide on grounds of national interest or social needs should be subsidised by the state has obviously been pigeon-holed."
"Money was tight in 1970, but the government was prepared to subsidise some loss-making passenger services because of their social benefits."

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

subsidises (present, singular) subsidising (participle, present) subsidised (participle, past) subsidised (past)

Derived Forms

subsidiser

Phrases

cross-subsidise

Synonyms

subsidize

Questions

What does subsidise mean?: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of subsidize.

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