单词 | subventionary |
释义 | subventionaryadj. Of the nature of a subvention (subvention n. 3a); of or relating to the granting of subventions. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [adjective] subventionary1867 1867 T. Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) II. 42 Which annual sum..I could not..have dreamt of accepting as gift or subventionary help from any fellow-mortal. 1914 Chinese Students' Monthly Nov. 103 A number of subventionary prizes of 400 dollars each will be annually awarded to authors. 1975 J. De Bres tr. E. Mandel Late Capitalism xvii. 552 The subventionary activity of the state is already embryonically present in the bourgeois State's function as the guarantor of the general conditions of the capitalist mode of production. 2005 T. Judt Postwar xxiv. 778 In high culture—the performing arts in particular—the state had retained its subventionary role. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1867 |
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