subvention
[suh b-ven-shuh n]
noun
a grant of money, as by a government or some other authority, in aid or support of some institution or undertaking, especially in connection with science or the arts.
the furnishing of aid or relief.
RELATED WORDS
dole, benefaction, endowment, admission, gratuity, subsidy, fellowship, boon, bounty, privilege, stipend, allocation, donation, appropriation, award, bequest, contribution, present, charity, handout
Origin of subvention
Synonyms for subvention
1. See subsidy.
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Historical Examples of subvention
The Subvention on Land-tax, and much else, one must glide hastily over; safe nowhere but in flourishes of conciliatory eloquence.
The French RevolutionThomas Carlyle
Venice gave the commune of Cattaro an annual subvention as solatium.
The Shores of the AdriaticF. Hamilton Jackson
A subvention may be raised by a perfectly orthodox fiscal process.
Liberalism and the Social ProblemWinston Spencer Churchill
His maiden speech, on the subvention to the king of Sardinia, was made on the 31st of January 1794.
Harris needed money to support the stadholder's cause, and Carmarthen proposed a subvention of £1,200 a year.
The Political History of England - Vol. X.William Hunt
subvention
noun
Word Origin for subvention
C15: from Late Latin subventiō assistance, from Latin subvenīre to subvene
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