subvention
noun/səbˈvenʃn/
/səbˈvenʃn/
(formal)- an amount of money that is given by a government, etc. to help an organization
- The movie industry received a government subvention of several million pounds.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘provision of help’): from Old French, from late Latin subventio(n-), from Latin subvenire ‘assist’, from sub- ‘from below’ + venire ‘come’.Definitions on the go
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