subvention

sub·ven·tion

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.

Origin: 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 g^wā- in Indo-European roots.

Related Forms:

• subventionary sub·venˈtion·arˌy adjective