subvention

Subvention, n.

Etymology: [F., fr. LL. subventio, fr. L. subvenire to come up to one's assistance, to assist. See Souvenir, and cf. Subvene.]

1. The act of coming under. "The subvention of a cloud." Stackhouse.

2. The act of relieving, as of a burden; support; aid; assistance; help.

3. A government aid or bounty.

1 other Webster entry under this spelling

Subvention, v. t.

To subventionize.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for subvention; he lists it under subsidy.

Where he writes about it:

The somewhat rare term subvention is especially applied to a grant of governmental aid to a literary or artistic enterprise. — from subsidy

none given