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Definition of subvention in English: subventionnoun səbˈvɛnʃ(ə)nsəbˈvɛn(t)ʃ(ə)n A grant of money, especially from a government. （尤指政府给予的）补助金，资助金 Ottawa has begun to cut federal subventions to the provinces mass noun a complex network of public subvention for poets Example sentencesExamples - Many are also looking for information on nursing home subventions and living alone allowances, she said.
- Cutting subventions and stipends and increasing taxes and license fees - it seems the government is on a money-saving and revenue-generating path.
- At the same time, they sought a cut in the lower rates of income tax as a way of providing a state subvention to their workers' poverty-level wages.
- They are only human, after all: if there are grants and subventions going, they will join the queue.
- They have also demanded a cut in the lower rates of income tax as a way of providing a subvention to the miserly wages paid by the corporations.
Synonyms grant, allowance, endowment, contribution, donation, bursary, gift, present, investment, bestowal, benefaction, allocation, allotment, handout
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'. Rhymesabstention, apprehension, ascension, attention, circumvention, comprehension, condescension, contention, contravention, convention, declension, detention, dimension, dissension, extension, gentian, hypertension, hypotension, intention, intervention, invention, mention, misapprehension, obtention, pension, prehension, prevention, recension, retention, supervention, suspension, tension Definition of subvention in US English: subventionnounsəbˈven(t)SH(ə)nsəbˈvɛn(t)ʃ(ə)n A grant of money, especially from a government. （尤指政府给予的）补助金，资助金 Ottawa has begun to cut federal subventions to the provinces mass noun a complex network of public subvention for poets Example sentencesExamples - They are only human, after all: if there are grants and subventions going, they will join the queue.
- At the same time, they sought a cut in the lower rates of income tax as a way of providing a state subvention to their workers' poverty-level wages.
- They have also demanded a cut in the lower rates of income tax as a way of providing a subvention to the miserly wages paid by the corporations.
- Cutting subventions and stipends and increasing taxes and license fees - it seems the government is on a money-saving and revenue-generating path.
- Many are also looking for information on nursing home subventions and living alone allowances, she said.
Synonyms grant, allowance, endowment, contribution, donation, bursary, gift, present, investment, bestowal, benefaction, allocation, allotment, handout
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’. |