a grant, aid, or subsidy, as from a government to an educational institution a fee paid indirectly to a supposedly amateur athlete for appearing at a meeting
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sub•ven•tion
(səb ven′shən),USA pronunciation n.
sub•ven′tion•ar′y, adj.
- Governmenta grant of money, as by a government or some other authority, in aid or support of some institution or undertaking, esp. in connection with science or the arts.
- the furnishing of aid or relief.
- Late Latin subventiōn- (stem of subventiō) official grant in aid, equivalent. to subvent(us) (past participle of subvenīre to subvene) + -iōn- -ion
- late Middle English 1400–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See subsidy.
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