subvention.

A grant of financial assistance, especially from a public authority to an institution or activity.

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Words that belong together

• government subvention
• annual subvention

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The annual subvention supported the institution’s work under the published funding conditions.

The government subvention was recorded separately from income earned through services.

Usage notes

Primary category: economics / business / social science. Forms: Singular subvention; plural subventions. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: economic process explanation, financial distinction, incentive analysis, institutional change. Disciplines: economics, business, public policy. Commonness: uncommon.