"cross-subsidise" meaning in English

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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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        "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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