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   subvention

   /səbˈvɛnʃn/

   noun

   • 1. a grant of money, especially from a government: "Ottawa has begun to cut federal subventions to the provinces"

   Word Origin late 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’.

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