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Definition of Subvent
1. Verb. Guarantee financial support of. "Sam and Sue subvent the movie "; "The opera tour was subvented by a bank"
Generic synonyms: Guarantee, Undertake
Derivative terms: Subvention, Subvention
Definition of Subvent
1. Verb. (Hong Kong) To subsidize. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Subvent
Literary usage of Subvent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages by Percy Society (1841)
"And sad eritis sicut dii, For what intent Man to subvent, And make all Adam seed
to die ; But Christ again upon a tre, His blessid blood spent. ..."
2. The Institutes of Justinian: With English Introduction, Translation, and Notes by Justinian, Thomas Collett Sandars (1878)
"... while the heredes ab intestate were at liberty to disregard them. 2. Hoc rescripto
subvent,on est 2. This rescript ia meant to favour et ..."
3. The State Records of North Carolina by North Carolina, Walter Clark, William Laurence Saunders, Stephen Beauregard Weeks (1898)
"Nash was greatly incensed at this turn of affairs and at the next session of the
Assembly he protested that the Legislature had no right to subvent the ..."
4. Modern Philology: Its Discoveries, History, and Influence by Benjamin Woodbridge Dwight (1864)
"... prevent, supervene, subvent, souvenir (Fr. do., L. sub- venire : cf. for form,
Fr. souvent from L. subinde), and revenue (Fr. do. from Fr. revenir, ..."
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