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subvention
- /sʌbˈvɛnʃ(ə)n/ US, UK
Where it comes from
From Middle French subvention, from Late Latin subventio, from Latin subvenio (assist).
noun subventions
- A subsidy; provision of financial or other support. […] the said religious shall […] pay all papal impositions, subventions, and contributions […]
- The act of coming under. 1744, Thomas Stackhouse, A New History of the Holy Bible, London: Stephen Austen, 2nd edition, Volume 2, Book 6, Chapter 2, p. 845, Now the only Ascension that we read of, besides these, is that of our blessed Saviour; and the Manner, in which he is said to have been carry’d up, was, by the Subventi
- The act of relieving, as of a burden; support; aid; assistance; help. […] if we pray to God to remove a lesser judgement by way of subvention, questionlesse we may beseech him to deliver us from the great evill of a wounded conscience, by way of prevention.
verb subventions · subventioning · subventioned
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To subsidise.
His task was, it is true, made easier by the need of the English to remove troops to put down the 1745-6 Jacobite Rising, which the French had subventioned.
Similar: subvent, subventionize
Translations
Talk about this word "subvention." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/subvention. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. subvention. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/subvention "subvention." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/subvention.Cite this
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title = {subvention},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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