“Subsidizing” or “Subsidising”—What's the difference?

Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 4 prefer “subsidizing” and 3 prefer “subsidising”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country	subsidizing	subsidising	Preference
United States	96	4	“subsidizing”
United Kingdom	14	86	“subsidising”
India	57	43	“subsidizing”
Philippines	100	0	“subsidizing”
Canada	100	0	“subsidizing”
Australia	16	84	“subsidising”
Liberia	0	0	Not enough data
Ireland	0	0	Not enough data
New Zealand	0	100	“subsidising”
Jamaica	0	0	Not enough data
Trinidad & Tobago	0	0	Not enough data
Guyana	0	0	Not enough data

Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“subsidizing”

…imports of manufactured goods and subsidizing their own industries.
…producers towards cheaper sellers, while subsidizing those who introduce cheaper methods…
…productions at standard prices, and subsidizing the grain sale to grain-deficient…
…Little Blue Chips, he began subsidizing his own recordings.
…law "ordered FEMA to stop subsidizing flood insurance for second homes…
…for leveraging funds and for subsidizing the interest rate of non-remunerative…
…Hong Kong-based Manhattan Far East subsidizing the team's training expenses.
…the day who were largely subsidizing their research by time-service sales…
…the playwright's reading fees and subsidizing their travel expenses;
…icebreakers as well as potentially subsidizing unprofitable offshore operations by charging…

“subsidising”

…in film and television as subsidising his passion for, and ability…
…World Bank that ADMARC was subsidising imports of maize, ADMARC lost…
…quality educators goes instead to subsidising students' fees.
A favoured diplomatic strategy was subsidising the armies of continental allies,…
…coalitions against the French, continually subsidising other European states with the…
…funds the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (subsidising the costs of medicines) and…
…moving into professional boxing and subsidising his wage working as a…
…Poynings, through his system of subsidising Irish chiefs, and the partial…
…transfers in order to stop subsidising spending in the city of…
…purchasing at their stores by subsidising petrol prices at Caltex Woolworths…

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