Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun subvention

2 senses of subvention

Sense 1
subvention -- (grant of financial aid as from a government to an educational institution)
       => subsidy -- (a grant paid by a government to an enterprise that benefits the public; "a subsidy for research in artificial intelligence")

Sense 2
subvention -- (the act or process of providing aid or help of any sort)
       => provision, supply, supplying -- (the activity of supplying or providing something)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb subvention

1 sense of subvention

Sense 1
underwrite, subvention, subvent -- (guarantee financial support of; "The opera tour was subvented by a bank")
       => undertake, guarantee -- (promise to do or accomplish; "guarantee to free the prisoners")