It's a europeanism. In both French and German (and probably other EU languages) the word for "subsidy" is something like "subvention" so native speakers of these language often reach for an unnatural word in English.
Btw other examples include "actually" which is used to mean "currently", and "eventually" which is used to mean "maybe".
Personally I'm torn whether to consider this incorrect use of the language as it is quite widespread. Maybe it would be better to consider this as the emergence of a new dialect.
Btw other examples include "actually" which is used to mean "currently", and "eventually" which is used to mean "maybe".
Personally I'm torn whether to consider this incorrect use of the language as it is quite widespread. Maybe it would be better to consider this as the emergence of a new dialect.