SUBVENT
Dictionary entry overview: What does subvent mean? • SUBVENT (verb)
The verb SUBVENT has 1 sense:
1. guarantee financial support of
Familiarity information: SUBVENT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SUBVENT (verb)
Meaning:
Guarantee financial support of
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
subvent; subvention; underwrite
Context example:
The opera tour was subvented by a bank
Hypernyms (to "subvent" is one way to...):
guarantee; undertake (promise to do or accomplish)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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