Definition of "subsidises" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of subsidise. (verb)

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• "I would like to believe that Cameron and Osborne have been keeping their powder dry and trying to box-clever, for example backtracking on spending cuts so that the prospect of such cuts no longer "subsidises" the gilts market for Darling Brown's benefit."
• "The controversial abolition of the educational maintenance allowance, which subsidises 16- and 17-year-olds from low-income families to stay in education, could also lead to a boost to unemployment rolls this autumn if some of the affected teenagers decide to quit their studies."
• "Our government subsidises a physical infrastructure that favours corporate interests but does much to destroy communities; it promotes immigration and free trade - for sound economic reasons, no doubt."