subvent

Questions about subvent

What does subvent mean?

subvent means "guarantee financial support of".

How many syllables are in subvent?

subvent has 2 syllables and divides as sub-vent under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for subvent?

Close synonyms include underwrite, subvention. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is subvent a common word?

subvent is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.