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donation
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun donation has 2 senses
- donation(n = noun.possession) contribution - a voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause; Array is a kind of gift
- donation(n = noun.act) contribution - act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity; Array is a kind of gift, giving
has particulars: benefaction, offering, political contribution, political donation
Derived form verb donate1
has particulars: subscription, alms
Derived form verb donate1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
donation, n.
1 the act or an instance of donating.
2 something, esp. an amount of money, donated.
1 the act or an instance of donating.
2 something, esp. an amount of money, donated.
Etymology
ME f. OF f. L donatio -onis f. donare give f. donum gift
THESAURUS
donation
accommodation, accordance, aid, allotment, allowance, alms, alms fee, appropriation, assistance, award, awarding, benefaction, beneficence, bequest, bestowal, bestowment, charity, collection, communication, concession, conferment, conferral, contribution, deliverance, delivery, dole, donative, endowment, furnishment, gift, gifting, giving, grant, granting, handout, help, impartation, impartment, investiture, largesse, liberality, offer, offering, offertory, philanthropy, pittance, present, presentation, presentment, provision, ration, relief, subscription, subsidy, subvention, supplying, surrender, tithe, votive offering, vouchsafementROGET THESAURUS
donation
Giving
N giving, bestowal, bestowment, donation, presentation, presentment, accordance, concession, delivery, consignment, dispensation, communication, endowment, investment, investiture, award, almsgiving, charity, liberality, generosity, gift, donation, present, cadeau, fairing, free gift, boon, favor, benefaction, grant, offering, oblation, sacrifice, immolation, lagniappe, pilon, grace, act of grace, bonus, allowance, contribution, subscription, subsidy, tribute, subvention, bequest, legacy, devise, will, dotation, dot, appanage, voluntary settlement, voluntary conveyance, amortization, alms, largess, bounty, dole, sportule, donative, help, oblation, offertory, honorarium, gratuity, Peter pence, sportula, Christmas box, Easter offering, vail, douceur, drink money, pourboire, trinkgeld, bakshish, fee, consideration, bribe, bait, ground bait, peace offering, handsel, boodle, graft, grease, blat, giver, grantor, donor, feoffer, settlor, giving, given, allowed, allowable, concessional, communicable, charitable, eleemosynary, sportulary, tributary, gratis, donative, auctor pretiosa facit, ex dono, res est ingeniosa dare, giving, bestowal, bestowment, donation, presentation, presentment, accordance, concession, delivery, consignment, dispensation, communication, endowment, investment, investiture, award, almsgiving, charity, liberality, generosity, gift, donation, present, cadeau, fairing, free gift, boon, favor, benefaction, grant, offering, oblation, sacrifice, immolation, lagniappe, pilon, grace, act of grace, bonus, allowance, contribution, subscription, subsidy, tribute, subvention, bequest, legacy, devise, will, dotation, dot, appanage, voluntary settlement, voluntary conveyance, amortization, alms, largess, bounty, dole, sportule, donative, help, oblation, offertory, honorarium, gratuity, Peter pence, sportula, Christmas box, Easter offering, vail, douceur, drink money, pourboire, trinkgeld, bakshish, fee, consideration, bribe, bait, ground bait, peace offering, handsel, boodle, graft, grease, blat, giver, grantor, donor, feoffer, settlor, giving, given, allowed, allowable, concessional, communicable, charitable, eleemosynary, sportulary, tributary, gratis, donative, auctor pretiosa facit, ex dono, res est ingeniosa dare.Expenditure
N expenditure, money going out, out goings, out lay, expenses, disbursement, prime cost, circulation, run upon a bank, payment, pay, bribe, fee, footing, garnish, subsidy, tribute, contingent, quota, donation, pay in advance, earnest, handsel, deposit, installment, investment, purchase, expending, expended, sumptuary, vectigalia nervos esse reipublicae.
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