subvention - definition, synonyms and pronunciation

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grant of financial aid as from a government to an educational institutionType of subsidy
the act or process of providing aid or help of any sortType of provision, supply

guarantee financial support of“The opera tour was subvented by a bank”Synonyms: underwrite subventMore general undertake, guarantee

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Sub·ven′tion noun

Origin: F., fr. LL. subventio, fr. L. subvenire to come up to one's assistance, to assist. See Souvenir, and cf. Subvene.

1. The act of coming under. “The subvention of a cloud.” Thomas Stackhouse

2. The act of relieving, as of a burden; support; aid; assistance; help.

3. A government aid or bounty.

Sub·ven′tion transitive verb

To subventionize.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54