n. 1. Provision of help, aid, or support. 2. An endowment or a subsidy, as that given by a government to an institution for research; a grant of financial aid. [Middle English subvencioun, a subsidy by the state, from Old French subvention, monetary assistance, from Late Latin subventiō, subventiōn-, assistance, from Latin subventus, past participle of subvenīre, to come to help : sub-, beneath, behind; see SUB- + venīre, to come; see gwā- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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