From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Subvention \Sub*ven"tion\, noun [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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Subvention \Sub*ven"tion\, verb (used with an object) To subventionize.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: grant of financial aid as from a government to an educational institution
2: the act or process of providing aid or help of any sort
verb
1: guarantee financial support of; "The opera tour was subvented by a bank" [syn: {underwrite}, {subvent}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
90 Moby Thesaurus words for "subvention": TLC, accouterment, aid, alimony, allotment, allowance, annuity, armament, assistance, backing, bounty, bread, care, carriage, carrying, catering, chandlery, daily bread, depletion allowance, dole, economic support, endowment, equipment, fellowship, financial assistance, finding, fitting out, furnishing, furnishment, grant, grant-in-aid, guaranteed annual income, help, investment, keep, livelihood, living, logistics, maintenance, manna, meat, moral support, mothering, nourishment, nurture, old-age insurance, outfitting, pecuniary aid, pension, preparation, price support, procurement, providing, provision, provisioning, psychological support, public assistance, public welfare, purveyance, reinforcement, reliance, relief, replenishment, resupply, retailing, retirement benefits, scholarship, security blanket, selling, stipend, subsidization, subsidy, subsistence, supply, supplying, support, supportive relationship, supportive therapy, sustaining, sustainment, sustenance, sustentation, tax benefit, tender loving care, upholding, upkeep, victualing, welfare, welfare aid, welfare payments
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