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SUBVENTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act or process of providing aid or help of any sort
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("subvention" is a kind of...):
provision; supply; supplying (the activity of supplying or providing something)
Derivation:
subvent (guarantee financial support of)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Grant of financial aid as from a government to an educational institution
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Hypernyms ("subvention" is a kind of...):
subsidy (a grant paid by a government to an enterprise that benefits the public)
Derivation:
subvent (guarantee financial support of)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Guarantee financial support of
Example:
The opera tour was subvented by a bank
Synonyms:
subvent; subvention; underwrite
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "subvention" is one way to...):
guarantee; undertake (promise to do or accomplish)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
