SUBSIDIZED

subsidized, subsidised

(adjective) having partial financial support from public funds; “lived in subsidized public housing”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

subsidized

simple past tense and past participle of subsidize

Adjective

subsidized

that receives a subsidy

Source: Wiktionary


SUBSIDIZE

Sub"si*dize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subsidized; p. pr. & vb. n. Subsidizing.] Etym: [From Subsidy.]

Definition: To furnish with a subsidy; to purchase the assistance of by the payment of a subsidy; to aid or promote, as a private enterprise, with public money; as, to subsidize a steamship line. He employed the remittances from Spain to subsidize a large body of German mercenaries. Prescott.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.

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