"cross-subsidise" meaning in All languages combined

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        "1": "en",
        "2": "cross-",
        "3": "subsidise"
      },
      "expansion": "cross- + subsidise",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From cross- + subsidise.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cross-subsidises",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cross-subsidising",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cross-subsidised",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cross-subsidised",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "cross-subsidise (third-person singular simple present cross-subsidises, present participle cross-subsidising, simple past and past participle cross-subsidised)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        },
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1964 January, “News and Comment: The main Scottish closures tabled”, in Modern Railways, page 4:",
          "text": "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.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To subsidise a loss-making business or activity from the profits gained from another business or activity."
      ],
      "id": "en-cross-subsidise-en-verb-vQMTSB8m",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(British spelling) To subsidise a loss-making business or activity from the profits gained from another business or activity."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "cross-subsidy"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "cross-subsidize"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cross-subsidise"
}

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        "2": "cross-",
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      },
      "expansion": "cross- + subsidise",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From cross- + subsidise.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cross-subsidises",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cross-subsidising",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cross-subsidised",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cross-subsidised",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "cross-subsidise (third-person singular simple present cross-subsidises, present participle cross-subsidising, simple past and past participle cross-subsidised)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "cross-subsidy"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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        "Pages with entries"
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        {
          "ref": "1964 January, “News and Comment: The main Scottish closures tabled”, in Modern Railways, page 4:",
          "text": "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.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To subsidise a loss-making business or activity from the profits gained from another business or activity."
      ],
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        "(British spelling) To subsidise a loss-making business or activity from the profits gained from another business or activity."
      ],
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        "UK"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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    }
  ],
  "word": "cross-subsidise"
}