English noun: subvention | |||
1. | subvention (possession) grant of financial aid as from a government to an educational institution | ||
Broader (hypernym) | subsidy | ||
2. | subvention (act) the act or process of providing aid or help of any sort | ||
Broader (hypernym) | provision, supply, supplying | ||
English verb: subvention | |||
1. | subvention (communication) guarantee financial support of | ||
Samples | The opera tour was subvented by a bank. | ||
Synonyms | subvent, underwrite | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | guarantee, undertake | ||