subvention

Government funding assistance

A subvention is a grant of money, especially from a government to an institution or enterprise: The theater survived on public subventions.

The word is formal and appears mostly in discussions of arts funding, education, or economic policy.

Unlike a loan, a subvention doesn't require repayment.

grant

endowment

Permanent donated fund

bursary · fellowship · scholarship · award · bequest · allotment · disbursement · funding · provision · earmarking

charitable

philanthropy

Generous giving for others

humanitarian aid · relief · welfare · benevolence · largesse · altruism · contribution · gift · handout · beneficence

government

subsidy

Financial assistance from government

public funding · state aid · budget allocation · municipal · federal grant · tax incentive · policy · regulatory · welfare · social program

patronage

benefactor

One who gives aid

underwriter · donor · contributor · angel investor · financier · guarantor · philanthropist · promoter · champion · advocate

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financial direction

subventiontaxation

Compulsory government revenue collection

levy · tax · exaction · defunding · disinvestment

obligation/repayment

subventionloan

Borrowed money repaid later

debt · credit · mortgage · borrowing · obligation

assistance vs. self-reliance

subventionself-funding

Paying one's own way

self-sufficiency · financial independence · autonomy · loan · debt

Family

event, prevent, invent, venue, revenue, convenient, intervene, convent, provenance

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