Meaning & use
fully subsidized
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Meaning
adjectivebefore a noun
paid for completely by a government, company, or other organization, so the user pays nothing.
Grammar: Comes before the noun it describes: a fully subsidized service. Do not say 'the service is fully subsidized' only when you mean the whole cost is covered; that is also fine.
Patterns
- a fully subsidized service
- fully subsidized housing
- be fully subsidized by something
The clinic offers fully subsidized checkups for children under five.
Employees get a fully subsidized bus pass, so they pay nothing to commute.
The program is fully subsidized by the city and costs residents no money.
Common combinations
- fully subsidized housing
- The charity provides fully subsidized housing for low-income families.
- fully subsidized by the government
- The training course is fully subsidized by the government.
- fully subsidized plan
- She chose the fully subsidized plan because it had no monthly fee.
- fully subsidized tuition
- The scholarship covers fully subsidized tuition for four years.
Synonyms and how they differ
- free
- Use 'free' when the user pays nothing, but it does not say who pays; 'fully subsidized' says an organization covers the cost.
- funded
- Use 'funded' when money is provided, but it does not mean the whole cost is covered.
Opposites
Word family
- subsidize verb
- to pay part of the cost of something to make it cheaper.
- subsidy noun
- money paid by a government or organization to reduce a cost.
- subsidized adjective
- partly or fully paid for by outside money.
Commonly confused: fully subsidized or subsidised?
fully subsidized vs subsidised
This is the British spelling of the same word. American English uses 'subsidized' with a z.
Practice
The company offers a ______ gym membership, so workers pay nothing each month.
Choose one answer.
'Fully subsidized' is the correct adjective before a noun. 'Fully subsidizing' is a verb form and cannot describe 'membership'; 'full subsidize' and 'fully subsidy' are not grammatical.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “fully subsidized”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.