Subvention

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Provision of help, aid, or support.
  • n. An endowment or a subsidy, as that given by a government to an institution for research; a grant of financial aid.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A subsidy; provision of financial or other support.
  • v. To subsidise.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of coming under.
  • n. The act of relieving, as of a burden; support; aid; assistance; help.
  • n. A government aid or bounty.
  • v. To subventionize.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of coming under.
  • n. The act of coming to the relief of some one; something granted in aid; support; subsidy. For specific use, see under subsidy.
  • n. Synonyms Subsidy, Subvention. See subsidy.
  • To give aid to; assist pecuniarily.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. guarantee financial support of
  • n. grant of financial aid as from a government to an educational institution
  • n. the act or process of providing aid or help of any sort
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    guarantee    undertake    subsidy    supply    provision   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    support    aid    assistance    help    subventionize   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ser-vice    clampdown    town meeting    advowson    pondage   
     
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