subsidized

Given government aid

Subsidized describes something that receives financial support to reduce its cost or keep it operating.

Governments subsidize industries, housing, or food to make them more affordable or competitive: subsidized housing for low-income families, heavily subsidized agriculture.

The term often carries political undertones—what one person calls subsidized another might call wasteful spending or necessary support.

funding

grant

Bestow or award money

scholarship · bursary · stipend · underwritten · financing · capitalization · investment · backing · patronage · benefaction

assistance

welfare

Comfort and prosperity

benefit · charity · humanitarian · need-based · low-income · underprivileged · social · voucher · allowance · supplemental

government

taxpayer

One who owes government duties

public · policy · legislation · regulation · program · welfare · housing · healthcare · agriculture · infrastructure

pricing

discounted

Reduced in price

cut-rate · cost-sharing · copay · rebate · offset · defrayed · cheap · economical · budget-friendly · cost-effective

sectors

agriculture

Cultivation of land, livestock

childcare · education · energy · transit · exports · industry · manufacturing · crops · renewable · solar

Categories
Opposites
financial support

subsidizedunsubsidized

Not financially supported

nonsubsidized · unsupported · self-funded · unfunded · unassisted

market intervention

subsidizedtaxed

Had levy imposed

free-market · penalized · disincentivized · unregulated · commercial

institutional approval/backing

subsidizeddisapproved

Expressed negative judgment

discouraged · defunded · unsanctioned · opposed · withdrawn

Phrases
Family

subsidize, subsidizing, subsidizes, subsidization, subsidizer, subsidizers

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G