cross-subsidise

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To subsidise a loss-making business or activity from the profits gained from another business or activity. UK
    — 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 Scotland is, he believes, over £17 million a year, or £14 a head of the population in the regions concerned.

词形变化

cross-subsidises present,singular,third-person cross-subsidising participle,present cross-subsidised participle,past cross-subsidised past cross-subsidize alternative

词源

From cross- + subsidise.
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