subvention

Definition of Subvention in English :

1. subvention

grant of financial aid as from a government to an educational institution

2. subvention

the act or process of providing aid or help of any sort

3. subvent, subvention, underwrite

guarantee financial support of

Example Sentences:
'The opera tour was subvented by a bank'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Subvention

noun

1.

a grant, aid, or subsidy, as from a government to an educational institution

2.

the act or process of providing aid or help of any sort

3. sport

a fee paid indirectly to a supposedly amateur athlete for appearing at a meeting

noun

1. Obsolete

the act of subvening

2.

money granted, as by a government, in support of a study, institution, etc.; subsidy

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.