donation
noun
1 donation
A voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause.
synonym: contribution.
Roget 784:
giving
etc.
v.;
bestowal,
bestowment†,
donation;
presentation,
presentment;
accordance;
concession;
delivery,
consignment,
dispensation,
communication,
endowment;
investment,
investiture;
award.
almsgiving†,
charity,
liberality,
generosity.
[Thing given]
gift,
donation,
present,
cadeau†;
fairing;
free gift,
boon,
favor,
benefaction,
grant,
offering,
oblation,
sacrifice,
immolation;
lagniappe [U.S.],
pilon [U.S.].
grace,
act of grace,
bonus.
allowance,
contribution,
subscription,
subsidy,
tribute,
subvention.
bequest,
legacy,
devise,
will,
dotation†,
dot,
appanage;
voluntary settlement,
voluntary conveyance
etc.
783;
amortization.
alms,
largess,
bounty,
dole,
sportule†,
donative†,
help,
oblation,
offertory,
honorarium,
gratuity,
Peter pence,
sportula†,
Christmas box,
Easter offering,
vail†,
douceur [Fr.],
drink money,
pourboire,
trinkgeld [G.],
bakshish†;
fee
etc.
(recompense)
973;
consideration.
bribe,
bait,
ground bait;
peace offering,
handsel;
boodle [Slang],
graft,
grease [Slang];
blat [Rus.].
giver,
grantor
etc.
v.;
donor,
feoffer†,
settlor.
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Roget 809:
expenditure,
money going out;
out goings,
out lay;
expenses,
disbursement;
prime cost
etc.
(price)
812;
circulation;
run upon a bank.
payment
etc.
807
[Money paid];
pay
etc.
(remuneration)
973;
bribe
etc.
973;
fee,
footing,
garnish;
subsidy;
tribute;
contingent,
quota;
donation
etc.
784.
pay in advance,
earnest,
handsel,
deposit,
installment.
investment;
purchase
etc.
795.
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Dutch: donatie, dotatie, schenking, gift
Polish: darowizna, datek, wsparcie, donacja
2 donation
Act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity.
synonym: contribution.
Dutch: bijdrage
Polish: darowizna
Moby thesaurus: 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, vouchsafement ... show more.
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