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English

Noun

A subsidy; provision of financial or other support.

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Finnish

Noun

subvention

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Subvention \Sub*ven"tion\, n. [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.
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2. The act of relieving, as of a burden; support; aid;
assistance; help.
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3. A government aid or bounty.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Subvention \Sub*ven"tion\, v. t.
To subventionize.
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WordNet subvention
n 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
v : guarantee financial support of; "The opera tour was
subvented by a bank" [syn: underwrite, subvent]

Moby Dictionary
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