補助金
解説 Definition
subsidizing は subsidize（補助金を出す、資金援助する）の動名詞です。補助金そのものではなく、費用を公的資金などで支える行為を指します。
The act of providing money, often from a government or organization, to reduce the cost of an activity, service, industry, or project. It refers to financial support being given, rather than to the payment or subsidy itself.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
subsidizing は subsidize の動名詞で、語末の e を取って -ing を付けます。補助金そのものではなく「資金を出して費用を支えること」です。subsidizing bus tickets/farms/a project のように、支援対象を直後に置きます。背後から資金で支え、利用者の負担を軽くする場面で覚えましょう。
Subsidizing is the gerund or present-participle form of subsidize, made by dropping the final e and adding -ing. Focus on the action, not the money itself: a subsidy is the financial support, while subsidizing is the act of providing it. Governments may be subsidizing bus fares, local farms, housing, or a public project so that costs remain affordable or the activity can continue. Picture an institution standing behind a service and carrying part of its expense. That supporting role captures the word’s central meaning.
例文
The city is subsidizing bus tickets for students.
市は学生向けのバス乗車券に補助金を出しています。
Subsidizing local farms helped keep food prices stable.
地元農家への補助金支給は、食料価格の安定に役立ちました。
The report questioned the cost of subsidizing the project for another year.
その報告書は、その事業にさらに1年補助金を出す費用を問題にしました。
subsidizing の類義語・関連語
類義語
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subsidizing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語subsidium（援助、予備兵）から。sub（下に）+sedere（座る）で「背後に控えて支援する」が原義。フランス語を経て英語に。関連語：subside（沈む＝下に座る）、sedentary（座りがちな）。後方支援が補助金の意味に発展した。
Subsidizing comes from subsidize, which was formed from subsidy and the verb-forming suffix -ize. Subsidy ultimately derives from Latin subsidium, meaning support, assistance, or reserve troops. Subsidium is associated with sub- “below or behind” and sedere “to sit,” suggesting forces held back in support. The word’s meaning moved from aid or reinforcement to financial assistance. In subsidizing, the final e of subsidize is dropped before -ing is added.
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