subvention

sub·ven·tion

S0857800 (səb-vĕn′shən)n.1. Provision of help, aid, or support.2. An endowment or a subsidy, as that given by a government to an institution for research; a grant of financial aid.

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[Middle English subvencioun, a subsidy by the state, from Old French subvention, monetary assistance, from Late Latin subventiō, subventiōn-, assistance, from Latin subventus, past participle of subvenīre, to come to help : sub-, beneath, behind; see sub- + venīre, to come; see g^wā- in Indo-European roots.]

subvention

(səbˈvɛnʃən) n1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a grant, aid, or subsidy, as from a government to an educational institution2. the act or process of providing aid or help of any sort3. (General Sporting Terms) sport a fee paid indirectly to a supposedly amateur athlete for appearing at a meeting[C15: from Late Latin subventiō assistance, from Latin subvenīre to subvene] subˈventionary adj

sub•ven•tion

(səbˈvɛn ʃən)

n. 1. a grant of money, as by a government, in aid or support of an institution or undertaking. 2. the furnishing of aid or relief. [1400–50; < Late Latin subventiō aid = Latin subven(īre) to subvene + -tiō -tion] sub•ven′tion•ar′y, adj.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	subvention - grant of financial aid as from a government to an educational institutionsubsidy - a grant paid by a government to an enterprise that benefits the public; "a subsidy for research in artificial intelligence"
	2.	subvention - the act or process of providing aid or help of any sortsupplying, provision, supply - the activity of supplying or providing something
Verb	1.	subvention - guarantee financial support of; "The opera tour was subvented by a bank"subvent, underwriteguarantee, undertake - promise to do or accomplish; "guarantee to free the prisoners"

subvention

nounSomething, as a gift, granted for a definite purpose:appropriation, grant, subsidy.

Translations

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