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subvent

subvent verb: to subsidize.

Verb

subvent (third-person singular simple present subvents, present participle subventing, simple past and past participle subvented)

  1. (Hong-Kong, transitive) To subsidize.
    • The Duty Lawyer Service is subvented by the HKSAR government, but independently administered by the legal profession of Hong Kong.2008, “Department of Justice - Legal System of Hong Kong.”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), archived from the original on 13 Sep 2008

Forms of subvent

third-person singular presentsubvents
present participlesubventing
past participlesubvented
pastsubvented

Origin of subvent

See subvention.

Questions about subvent

What does subvent mean?
Subvent means to subsidize.
What part of speech is subvent?
Subvent is a verb.
What is the past tense of subvent?
The past tense of subvent is subvented.

Words near subvent in the dictionary

  1. subvendors
  2. subvene
  3. subvened
  4. subvenes
  5. subvening
  6. subvent
  7. subventaneous
  8. subvented
  9. subventing
  10. subvention
  11. subventionary

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