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.”
