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cross-subsidises

cross-subsidises is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cross-subsidise.

Meaning of cross-subsidise

Verb

cross-subsidise (third-person singular simple present cross-subsidises, present participle cross-subsidising, simple past and past participle cross-subsidised)

  1. (UK) To subsidise a loss-making business or activity from the profits gained from another business or activity.
    • Even better known is the fact that B.E.A. services to sparsely populated areas and islands in the far north and west lose some £500,000 a year, which is cross-subsidised from other B.E.A. services. [...] The total extent of subsidising and cross-subsidising public transport in large areas of...1964 January, “News and Comment: The main Scottish closures tabled”, in Modern Railways, page 4

Questions about cross-subsidises

What is cross-subsidises the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Cross-subsidises is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cross-subsidise.

Words near cross-subsidises in the dictionary

  1. cross-strait
  2. cross-stratification
  3. cross-subsidies
  4. cross-subsidise
  5. cross-subsidised
  6. cross-subsidises
  7. cross-subsidising
  8. cross-subsidize
  9. cross-subsidized
  10. cross-subsidizes
  11. cross-subsidizing

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