subvention
UK/sʌbˈvɛnʃ(ə)n/
subvention noun: a subsidy; provision of financial or other support.
Noun
subvention (countable and uncountable, plural subventions)
- A subsidy; provision of financial or other support.
- […] the said religious shall […] pay all papal impositions, subventions, and contributions […]1758, John Burton, Monasticon Eboracense and the Ecclesiastical History of Yorkshire, York, page 230
- […] the Crown-Prince, contrary to wont, broke silence, and begged some dole or subvention for these poor people; but there was nothing to be had.1858, Thomas Carlyle, History of Friedrich the Second, called Frederick the Great, New York: Harper, published 1859, Volume I, Book 1, Chapter 3, p. 23
- The act of coming under.
- 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 Subvention of a Cloud, which rais’d him from the Ground […]1744, Thomas Stackhouse, A New History of the Holy Bible, London: Stephen Austen, 2nd edition, Volume 2, Book 6, Chapter 2, p. 845
- 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.1647, Thomas Fuller, The Cause and Cure of a Wounded Conscience, London: John Williams, Dialogue 21, pages 157–158
- A small body of negroes defied the choicest troops of one of the greatest nations in the world, kept an extensive country in alarm, and were at length brought to surrender, only by means of a subvention still more extraordinary than their own mode of warfare.1803, Robert Charles Dallas, The History of the Maroons, London: Longman and Rees, Volume 1, Letter 5, p. 123
Verb
subvention (third-person singular simple present subventions, present participle subventioning, simple past and past participle subventioned)
- 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.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 136
- Synonyms:
- subvent, subventionize
subvention meaning in Tamil and Kannada
subvention in Tamil
- உதவி புரிதல், புகலிடமளித்தல்
subvention in Kannada
- ದ್ರವ್ಯಸಹಾಯ, ಸಹಾಯದ್ರವ್ಯ, ಕೊಡುಗೆ ಹಣ, ಒದವಿ ಹಣ
Synonyms of subvention
Forms of subvention
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | subventions |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | subventions |
| present participle | subventioning |
| past participle | subventioned |
| past | subventioned |
Origin of subvention
From Middle French subvention, from Late Latin subventio, from Latin subvenio (assist).
Questions about subvention
- What does subvention mean?
- Subvention means a subsidy; provision of financial or other support.
- What is subvention in Tamil?
- Subvention in Tamil is உதவி புரிதல், புகலிடமளித்தல். See Subvention meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is subvention?
- Subvention can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce subvention?
- Subvention is pronounced /sʌbˈvɛnʃ(ə)n/ (UK).
- What is the plural of subvention?
- The plural of subvention is subventions.
Words near subvention in the dictionary
Source and license
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