subvention
- 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
- v guarantee financial support of
- The terms of the subvention were: "Assistance to be given by the Government to the coal mining industry will take the form of a subvention in aid of wages," to be paid by the .
- Fanning agrees that the loss of the $500,000 annual subvention was a jolt and that she is seeking that amount to keep the News afloat for a year.
- The terms of the subvention were: "Assistance to be given by the Government to the coal mining industry will take the form of a subvention in aid of wages," to be paid by the .