subvention
- noun
- /səbˈvɛnʃən/
- Formal
:
subvención
- Many students benefit from the subvention provided by the university to support their education financially.
- a state subvention
Examples
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The government decided to increase its subvention for local art programs to promote cultural development.
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Some subventions come from the university whose name graces the press involved, while the home departments of the scholar/author supply others.
Academic text (2006) -
By 1995, this subvention had risen to four to five thousand per month for each coalition.
Academic text (1998) -
Despite its name, it did not get subventions from the monarch.
Blog text (13) -
Loans, scholarships, and other forms of subvention could offset the increased private educational expenditure for those from poor backgrounds.
Academic text (1992) -
Subventions make it possible for academic publishers to say "Yes" to tenure-track scholars whose work is moving toward a goal but is not yet fully realized, when perhaps they should be saying "re-think."
Academic text (2006) -
GM, which has received almost $50 billion in government subventions, repaid a $6.7 billion loan using other federal funds, a TARP-funded escrow account.
Blog text (29) -
The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region shall maintain the policy previously practiced in Hong Kong in respect of subventions for non-governmental organizations in fields such as education, medicine and health, culture, art, recreation, sports, social welfare, and social work.
Academic text (1990) -
Defenders of subventions say that scholarly work couldn't thrive without them; indeed, that without their financial support, many important types of scholarly publishing might wither and die.
Academic text (2006) -
The charity received a generous subvention from the city council to help fund its community services.
Synonyms
670
2.6
Money that an organization or government gives for a project
324
3.5
Money given by a government or group for a specific purpose without payback
58
6.4
Money set aside by a government or group for a particular use
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2.1
Money given to help pay for a project, charity, or person
Antonyms
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Subvention comes from the Latin verb subvenire, with sub- 'under' and venire 'to come'; the root venire is the same behind common words like event and venue, so imagine money that 'comes to help'. That's why a subvention is a payment given to support an activity or institution.