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donation

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do·na·tion  (d-nshn)
n.
1. The act of giving to a fund or cause.
2. A gift or grant.

[Middle English donacioun, gift, benefice, from Old French, from Latin dnti, dntin-, from dntus, past participle of dnre, to give, from dnum, gift; see d- in Indo-European roots.]

donation [dəʊˈneɪʃən]
n
1. the act of giving, esp to a charity
2. a contribution
[from Latin dōnātiō a presenting, from dōnāre to give, from dōnum gift]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.donationdonation - a voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause
gift - something acquired without compensation
benefaction - a contribution of money or assistance
offering - money contributed to a religious organization
political contribution, political donation - a contribution made to a politician or a political campaign or a political party
2.donation - act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity
giving, gift - the act of giving
subscription - a pledged contribution
alms - money or goods contributed to the poor

donation
noun contribution, gift, subscription, offering, present, grant, hand-out, boon, alms, stipend, gratuity, benefaction, largesse or largess Employees make regular donations to charity.
Translations
donation [dəʊˈneɪʃən] N
1. (= act) → donación f
2. (= gift) → donativo m, donación f
to make a donation to a fundhacer un donativo or una donación a un fondo
donation [dəʊˈneɪʃən] n
[money] → donation f, don m
a donation from sb → une donation de qn
to make a donation to sb/sth → faire un don à qn/qch
[blood, organ] → don m
donation
n (= act of giving: of money, gifts, blood) → Spenden nt; (= gift)Spende f; to make a donation of 50p/£10,00050 Pence/£ 10.000 spenden
donation [dəʊˈneɪʃn] nelargizione f
donation [dəʊˈneɪʃn] nelargizione f


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The prudent Monk -- others would say the generous Monk -- had commuted the donation into a sale, and acknowledged the receipt of the sum of fifteen thousand crowns as the price of the property ceded.
It was by far the largest single donation which up to that time the school had ever received.
The following day Dantes presented Jacopo with an entirely new vessel, accompanying the gift by a donation of one hundred piastres, that he might provide himself with a suitable crew and other requisites for his outfit, upon condition that he would go at once to Marseilles for the purpose of inquiring after an old man named Louis Dantes, residing in the Allees de Meillan, and also a young woman called Mercedes, an inhabitant of the Catalan village.
 
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