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subvention

/suhb-ven-shuhn/US // səbˈvɛn ʃən //UK // (səbˈvɛnʃən) //

补助金,资助金,补贴金,资助费

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a grant of money, as by a government or some other authority, in aid or support of some institution or undertaking, especially in connection with science or the arts.
    • : the furnishing of aid or relief.

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Examples

  • All railway lines of public service, and those which receive a subvention, must provide two wires for Government use.

  • This large subvention has important effects on Local Government which have never before been critically examined.

  • Harris needed money to support the stadholder's cause, and Carmarthen proposed a subvention of £1,200 a year.

  • As early as 1881 the government had published a proposal for a subvention to German shipping; Enlarged industrial policy.

  • In 1907 the budget of the Congo balanced at about 250,000 without the aid of this subvention.