Word of the Day – Subvention

Subvention (noun)

sub-ven-shun

A grant of money, especially from a government.

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’.

Example sentences

“The government cuts subventions to local authorities, then those authorities have to cut services.”