Definitions

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  • verb UK To give subsidy, to support financially.

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  • verb secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy, as of nations or military forces
  • verb support through subsidies

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Examples

  • This fairness criterion was the basis upon which the Electoral Commission decided to allocate a minimum to all eligible parties and also to cross-subsidise from the allocation to the two largest parties to that to smaller parties.

    Is it Time for State Funding of Political Parties? 2006

  • Govt plans to 'subsidise' imported LNG gas (LNG) by making users of cheaper domestic gas pay more under its unique plan to rationalise gas prices, a source in

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • Govt plans to 'subsidise' imported LNG gas (LNG) by making users of cheaper domestic gas pay more under its unique plan to rationalise gas prices, a source in knowledge of the

    WN.com - Articles related to Traders defy FDB ban on turkey tail 2010

  • Govt plans to 'subsidise' imported LNG gas (LNG) by making users of cheaper domestic gas pay more under its unique plan to rationalise gas prices, a source in knowledge of the

    WN.com - Articles related to Traders defy FDB ban on turkey tail 2010

  • Traditionally, mobile phone companies "subsidise" the up-front cost of hardware - usually mobile phones, but increasingly laptops

    The Guardian World News 2010

  • Govt plans to 'subsidise' imported LNG gas (LNG) by making users of cheaper domestic gas pay more under its unique plan to rationalise gas prices, a source in knowledge of the

    WN.com - Articles related to Traders defy FDB ban on turkey tail 2010

  • Govt plans to 'subsidise' imported LNG gas (LNG) by making users of cheaper domestic gas pay more under its unique plan to rationalise gas prices, a source in knowledge of the

    WN.com - Articles related to Traders defy FDB ban on turkey tail 2010

  • Govt plans to 'subsidise' imported LNG gas (LNG) by making users of cheaper domestic gas pay more under its unique plan to rationalise gas prices, a source in

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • He also threw his support behind United chief executive Dave Allen's comments last week that the club was paying too much to 'subsidise' city centre policing.

    News round-up 2009

  • The government wants to "subsidise" education by paying a portion of the cost but the price will rise with the amount of the subsidy and it will cost the unsubsidized more without actually reducing the cost to the subsidized.

    Latest Articles 2009

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