单词 | subvention |
释义 | subventionn. 1. An extraordinary tax levied by the state; the payment of this tax. Frequently in France, or in French contexts. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > subsidy > [noun] witereden688 commorth1402 aid1419 subsidy1422 subside?a1425 prest?c1430 loan1439 subventiona1475 benevolence1483 loan-money1523 gratitude1535 press money1561 subsidy money1577 malevolence1592 succour1605 oblation1613 a1475 (?a1430) J. Lydgate tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage Life Man (Vitell.) l. 1818 Grace Dieu ffor to exile [By] dyuers extorsyons Of dymes or Subvencions, or taylladges ffounde newe. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 439/1 [The church] should be clearely exempted and discharged from all such subiection of tallage or subuention. 1608 E. Grimeston tr. J. F. Le Petit Gen. Hist. Netherlands vii. 288 The Queene of Hungary..made a demand in the Emperors name, of an extraordinary aide or subuention of three Millions of gold. 1695 tr. French King's Declar. for settling Poll-tax 5 All Persons so Assess'd, do pay their Tax into the hands of the Collectors and Receivers in ordinary of Free Gifts, Subsidies, Subventions, and other Impositions in Use in the said Countries. 1758 Public Advertiser 1 Feb. An extraordinary Subvention of 800,000 Crowns, of which the City of Liepsic is to supply its Part. 1787 in J. Almon Biogr., Literary & Polit. Anecd. (1797) III. 346 It [sc. beer] pays a subvention duty of 4 liv. 1s. 1868 H. H. Milman Ann. St. Paul's Cathedral iv. 89 Convocation proceeded to the less important affair of a subvention to the King. 1997 W. Beik Urban Protest 17th-cent. France ix. 201 An unpopular subvention tax was about to be imposed. 2003 D. F. Burg World Hist. Tax Rebellions (2004) 186 Many towns..were allowed to pay a subvention in place of the pancarte. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [noun] fultumeOE help971 succour?c1225 abetc1330 succouringc1330 speedc1340 subsidya1387 rescousc1390 chevisancea1400 juvamentc1400 supply1420 aid1430 favour1434 supplying1436 suffrage1445 availa1450 boteningc1450 succurrancec1450 adjuvancea1460 assistance1495 meeda1500 subventiona1500 suppliancea1500 adjutory?a1513 sistancea1513 adminiculation1531 abetment1533 assisting1553 adjument1576 society1586 aidance1593 opitulation1598 secourse1598 second1605 suppeditation1605 assistency1642 auxiliation1657 adjutancy1665 adjuvancy1677 abettal1834 sustenance1839 constructiveness1882 a1500 (a1450) tr. Secreta Secret. (Ashm. 396) (1977) 21 Of kynges aides and subvencion. 1535 W. Marshall (title) The Forme and Maner of Subvention, or Helpying for pore People, devysed and practysed in the Cytie of Hypres in Flanders. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 6/2 Suche goods were geuen to the church..to serue the publique subuention of the nedy. 1622 J. Donne Serm. vpon XX. Verse V. Chapter Iudges (new ed.) 21 They may not bleed out in any subuentions and assistances of such causes vnder-hand, as are not auowd by the King. 1625 J. Ussher Answer to Jesuite 374 By way of subuention, in helping those out whom at the time of his death he found there. 1657 R. Twysden Hist. Vindic. Church Eng. iv. 80 They sometimes exhorted Christians to the subvention of the Holy Land. 1733 T. Stackhouse New Hist. Bible I. vi. ii. 834/2 The Manner, in which he is said to have been carried up, was, by the Subvention of a Cloud. 1799 A. A. Hutchinson Exhib. of Heart III. ii. 48 The most painful sensations a noble mind can experience..when the subvention of its benign faculties were confidentially and affectionately required. 3. a. A grant made or gift bestowed in assistance or support; spec. a grant or allowance of money; (now esp.) one made by a government or other authority in support of a public enterprise or institution. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > grant in support aid1419 subvention1570 succour1605 family allowance1861 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1073/2 The kyng hath not fayled hym with right large and ample subuentions of money, for the better supportyng of hys charges. 1608 E. Grimeston in tr. J. F. Le Petit Gen. Hist. Netherlands xvi. 1265 Making promises of aid and subuentions, as well of money, victuals, poulder, as other munition. 1650 King of Scotlands Negotiations at Rome 3 To..make great Subventions and Supplies to him, upon the interest of the Catholick Romish Religion. 1731 Magna Britannia VI. 502/2 The charitable Subventions made to their monastery. 1832 Morning Chron. 4 Apr. The Nouvelliste has no subscribers; in reality it does not calculate on any, but much rather on a Ministerial subvention. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. i. iii. 31 The Crown-Prince..begged some dole or subvention for these poor people. 1881 Nature 1 Sept. 426/1 The French Government have resolved to grant a subvention for erecting a statue. 1959 Listener 28 May 920/1 Other governments assist their National Flag lines by ship-building subventions, operating subsidies, and flag discrimination. 1991 C. James Brrm! Brrm! (1992) xii. 120 After his most recent subvention to Jane he had almost nothing left to his name except the homeward half of his return air ticket. 2007 Independent 6 Feb. (Extra section) 6/3 Stonking great subventions from the Department for Transport to help with legal battles. b. The provision of financial aid in support of a person, institution, enterprise, etc.; the fact of supporting something with money. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [noun] > grant in support > of an undertaking subvention1839 1839 Morning Post 12 Aug. The attempt of the managers of La Renaissance..to establish a third lyrical theatre, and that, too, without subvention, or any Government subsidy. 1868 J. E. T. Rogers Man. Polit. Econ. ix. 95 By inducing the possessor to export [his capital] in foreign loans, or for the subvention of foreign industry. 1894 Daily News 8 June 3/4 They had not to pay anything towards the subvention of rural roads. 1955 Times 6 Oct. 9/4 If local authorities were deprived of their local revenue it meant more and more subvention from the central Government. 1998 R. B. Sher in E. Greenspan Bk. Hist. 77 Providing financial services to members and their families, chiefly in the form of annuities to members and the subvention of educational endowments. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online June 2022). subventionv. transitive. = subvent v. 2. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > support by payment [verb (transitive)] subsist1625 subsidize1798 subvent1848 subvention1852 subventionize1879 bankroll1915 1852 N.-Y. Daily Times 29 Dec. 3/3 The theatres that are subventioned by the Government have changed their titles. 1880 Sat. Rev. No. 1289. 52 12 per cent. were French vessels subventioned by the Government. 1885 American 9 362 The society has from time to time subventioned learned works. 1909 Expositor July 85 The German Oriental Society, subventioned by the German Emperor. 1934 E. Wharton Let. 21 Oct. (1988) 582 How thrilling it wd be to subvention some scholarly young man to do a book on Renaissance glass. 1995 Washington Post (Nexis) 5 Oct. a22 In nations without national-flag carriers, private carriers are subventioned in ways similar to ours. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1475v.1852 |
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