Subsidize (verb)

1. Provide financial assistance to (a person or organization) in order to help them to carry on their work or business.
2. Provide a subsidy to (a person or organization) in order to help them to keep the price of a commodity or service low.

Origin:

Late 17th century: from french subventionner, from subvention "grant, subsidy", from latin subventio(n-), from subvenire "come to the aid of".

Examples:

1. The government subsidies the farmer's production.
2. The company subsidized the research project.
3. The school was subsidized by the state.
4. The city subsidized the public transportation.
5. The country subsidized the electricity cost for poor families.