SUBVENTION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act or process of providing aid or help of any sort

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("subvention" is a kind of...):

provision; supply; supplying (the activity of supplying or providing something)

Derivation:

subvent (guarantee financial support of)

Meaning:

Grant of financial aid as from a government to an educational institution

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("subvention" is a kind of...):

subsidy (a grant paid by a government to an enterprise that benefits the public)

Derivation:

subvent (guarantee financial support of)

Meaning:

Guarantee financial support of

Example:

The opera tour was subvented by a bank

Synonyms:

subvent; subvention; underwrite

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "subvention" is one way to...):

guarantee; undertake (promise to do or accomplish)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something