Noun subvention has 2 senses
  1. subvention - grant of financial aid as from a government to an educational institution
    --1 is a kind of
    subsidy
    Derived form: verb subvent1
  2. subvention - the act or process of providing aid or help of any sort
    --2 is a kind of
    provision, supply, supplying
    Derived form: verb subvent1
,Verb subvention has 1 sense
  1. underwrite, subvention, subvent - guarantee financial support of; "The opera tour was subvented by a bank"
    --1 is one way to undertake, guarantee
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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