subsidized

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paid for partly by the government or another organization:

The plan would extend subsidized childcare to about a million children.

They stopped providing the subsidised food on which many people depended.

Basic services such as electricity and schooling were heavily subsidized.

relating to a cost, etc. that is partly paid for by the government or an organization:

A subsidized canteen and interest free season-ticket loans are additional benefits.

a subsidized company/industry

subsidized childcare/insurance/housing These families don't qualify for publicly subsidized housing, but can't afford market-rate homes.

Competition from heavily subsidized Western farmers has now driven prices up and local producers out of business.

Roughly a third of the Bank's profits are spent on debt relief and subsidized loans.