About The Word Donation
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Donation
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What's The Definition Of Donation?
[n] act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity
[n] a voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause Synonyms | Synonyms for Donation: contribution | contribution Related Terms | Find terms related to 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 | vouchsafement See Also | benefaction | gift | gift | giving | offering | subscription Donation In Webster's Dictionary \Do*na"tion\, n. [L. donatio; cf. F. donation.]
1. The act of giving or bestowing; a grant.
After donation there an absolute change and
alienation of the property of the thing given.
--South.
2. That which is given as a present; that which is
transferred to another gratuitously; a gift.
And some donation freely to estate On the bless'd
lovers. --Shak.
3. (Law) The act or contract by which a person voluntarily
transfers the title to a thing of which be is the owner,
from himself to another, without any consideration, as a
free gift. --Bouvier.
{Donation party}, a party assembled at the house of some one,
as of a clergyman, each one bringing some present. [U.S.]
--Bartlett.
Syn: Gift; present; benefaction; grant. See {Gift}.
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