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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

助成金

Pronunciation / Transliteration: joseikin

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Subvention/səbˈvɛn.ʃən/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"研究者は政府から助成金を受け取りました。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    An amount of money granted, especially by a government, to assist an organization or undertaking.

    "The arts council provides an annual subvention to keep the theater running."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin subventio, meaning 'a coming to help' or 'relief', originating from the verb subvenire (sub- 'up from under' + venire 'to come'). It entered Middle French and subsequently the English language in the late 16th century, initially denoting financial aid or government assistance payments provided to individuals or institutions.

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