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Subsidise (verb) means a non-Oxford British English standard spelling of subsidize.

verb

A non-Oxford British English standard spelling of subsidize.

"Money was tight in 1970, but the government was prepared to subsidise some loss-making passenger services because of their social benefits." — Howard Johnston, East-ended? When the ECML was at risk: Passenger services on thin ice (2020)

"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." — , Talking of Trains: The White Paper (1961)

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