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Webster 1913 Edition


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.

Sub-ven′tion

,
Verb.
T.
To subventionize.

Webster 1828 Edition


Subvention

SUBVEN'TION

,
Noun.
[L. subvenio.] The act of coming under.
1.
The act of coming to relief; support; aid. [Little used.]

Definition 2024


Subvention

Subvention

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German

Noun

Subvention f (genitive Subvention, plural Subventionen)

  1. subsidy

subvention

subvention

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English

Noun

subvention (plural subventions)

  1. A subsidy; provision of financial or other support.
  2. The act of coming under.
    • Stackhouse
      The subvention of a cloud.
  3. The act of relieving, as of a burden; support; aid; assistance; help.

Translations

Verb

subvention (third-person singular simple present subventions, present participle subventioning, simple past and past participle subventioned)

  1. To subsidise.
    • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 136:
      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.

Finnish

Noun

subvention

  1. Genitive singular form of subventio.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sybvɑ̃sjɔ̃/

Noun

subvention f (plural subventions)

  1. subsidy
  2. grant