> the word for "subsidy" is something like "subvention" so native speakers of th...

		unmole 29 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The $25k car is going extinct? > the word for "subsidy" is something like "subvention" so native speakers of these language often reach for an unnatural word in English. A Google search for subvention turns up government publications from UK, India and South Africa.

Yeah it's a real word but it's not commonly used by native speakers.