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largemouthed bass |
largemouthed black bass |
largeness |
larger |
larger-than-life |
largess
| largesse
| largest
| larget
| larghetto
| larghissimo
largess
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun largess has 2 senses
- largess(n = noun.possession) largesse - a gift or money given (as for service or out of benevolence); usually given ostentatiously; Array is a kind of gift
- largess(n = noun.attribute) largesse, magnanimity, munificence, openhandedness - liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit; Array is a kind of liberality, liberalness
CIDE DICTIONARY
- Liberality; generosity; bounty. [1913 Webster]"Fulfilled of largesse and of all grace." [1913 Webster]
- A present; a gift; a bounty bestowed. [1913 Webster]"The heralds finished their proclamation with their usual cry of “Largesse, largesse, gallant knights!” and gold and silver pieces were showered on them from the galleries." [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
largess
Trinkgeld, benevolence, bigheartedness, bonus, boon, bounteousness, bountifulness, bounty, bribe, compliment, consideration, donative, double time, easy purse strings, favor, fee, free hand, freedom, freehandedness, freeheartedness, freeness, generosity, generousness, gift, givingness, graciousness, gratuity, gravy, grease, great heart, greatheartedness, honorarium, hospitality, lagniappe, largeheartedness, largeness, liberality, liberalness, magnanimity, munificence, open hand, open heart, openhandedness, openheartedness, palm oil, perks, perquisite, pourboire, premium, present, salve, something extra, sportula, sweetener, tip, unselfishness, welcomeROGET THESAURUS
largess
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.
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