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Subvention

Subvention Meaning & Definition
Subvention Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Subvention?

[n] the act or process of providing aid or help of any sort
[n] grant of financial aid as from a government to an educational institution

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See Also | provision | subsidy | supply | supplying

Subvention In Webster's Dictionary

\Sub*ven"tion\, n. [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.'' --Stackhouse. 2. The act of relieving, as of a burden; support; aid; assistance; help. 3. A government aid or bounty.
\Sub*ven"tion\, v. t. To subventionize.

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