subvention
noun /səbˈvenʃn/
/səbˈvenʃn/
(formal)- an amount of money that is given by a government, etc. to help an organization
(政府等给予某机构的)资助金,补助金;拨款 - The movie industry received a government subvention of several million pounds.
电影业得到了政府数百万英镑的补助。
词源late Middle English (in the sense ‘provision of help’): from Old French, from late Latin subventio(n-), from Latin subvenire ‘assist’, from sub- ‘from below’ + venire ‘come’. - The movie industry received a government subvention of several million pounds.