A charity is an organization which raises money in order to help people who are sick or very poor, or who have a disability.
The National Trust is a registered charity.
She was working as a volunteer at a homeless charity in Cambridge.
Synonyms: charitable organization, fund, movement, trust More Synonyms of charity
2. uncountable noun
If you give money tocharity, you give it to one or more charitable organizations. If you do something forcharity, you do it in order to raise money for one or more charitable organizations.
He made substantial donations to charity.
Gooch will be raising money for charity.
...a charity event.
3. uncountable noun
People who live on charity live on money or goods which other people give them because they are poor.
My mum was very proud. She wouldn't accept charity.
Her husband is unemployed and the family depends on charity.
Synonyms: donations, help, relief, gift More Synonyms of charity
4. uncountable noun
Charity is kindness and understanding towards other people.
[formal]
5.
See charity begins at home
More Synonyms of charity
charity in British English
(ˈtʃærɪtɪ)
nounWord forms: plural-ties
1.
a.
the giving of help, money, food, etc, to those in need
b.
(as modifier)
a charity show
2.
a.
an institution or organization set up to provide help, money, etc, to those in need
b.
(as modifier)
charity funds
3.
the help, money, etc, given to the people in need; alms
4.
a kindly and lenient attitude towards people
5.
love of one's fellow people
Word origin
C13: from Old French charite, from Latin cāritās affection, love, from cārus dear
Charity in American English
(ˈtʃærɪti)
noun
a feminine name
Word origin
see charity
charity in American English
(ˈtʃærɪti)
nounWord forms: pluralˈcharities
1. Christian Theology
the love of God for humanity, or a love of one's fellow human beings
2.
an act of goodwill or affection
3.
the feeling of goodwill; benevolence
4.
kindness or leniency in judging others
5.
a.
a voluntary giving of money or other help to those in need
b.
money or help so given
c.
an institution or other recipient of such help
6.
a welfare institution, organization, or fund
SIMILAR WORDS: ˈmercy
Word origin
ME & OFr charite < L caritas, costliness, esteem, affection (in Vulg., often used as transl. of LGr(Ec) agapē, agape2) < carus, dear, valued < IE *karo- < base *ka-, to like, desire > whore
More idioms containing
charity
charity begins at home
COBUILD Collocations
charity
aid charity
animal charity
animal welfare charity
benefit the charity
cancer charity
conservation charity
contact the charity
debt charity
disability charity
domestic violence charity
education charity
educational charity
environmental charity
forces charity
found a charity
fund a charity
homeless charity
housing charity
local charity
medical charity
mental health charity
military charity
run a charity
wildlife charity
youth charity
Examples of 'charity' in a sentence
charity
The charity helps the elderly to keep active and feel valued.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
There are no longer enough officers to escort prisoners to the training provided by many charities.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The latter is the social investment arm of the magazine and charity set up to aid homeless people.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It turns out this was for charity, inviting people to float a fiver.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It was a charity meal to raise funds for humanitarian projects in Syria.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I have set up a charity to provide this.
The Sun (2016)
My family charity has helped to pay for it, but elementary checks would show it is entirely independent.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
She says:'I got a job working for a charity in one of their stores.
The Sun (2016)
Luck waits where charity cash is raised.
The Sun (2013)
Entry is free but the family ask for charity donations.
The Sun (2015)
We passed a number of people rattling charity tins.
The Sun (2009)
The charity is one of their clients.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The party can also halt regional subsidies to charities that are helping migrants.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The charity provides residential and nursing care for people with learning and physical disabilities.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The charity advises all people looking at their options to seek independent advice.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
She defused the row by promising to give the money to charity.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Some prisoners spend their time making wooden items to be sold to help local charities.
Coyle, Andrew & Stern, Vivien The Prisons We Deserve (1994)
The charity provides aid for tens of thousands of people caught up in the civil war.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
The animal charity said that people were treating them like rubbish and leaving them to die.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
We help to raise funds for charities and have a varied social life with members and their families.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
There are a number of organizations and charities which will be experienced in helping people who are facing your particular problem.
Vera Peiffer POSITIVELY FEARLESS: Breaking free of the fears that hold you back (2001)
Good lobbying is a perfectly reasonable way of getting information from a disability charity or a biotech firm to the people making policy.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He raised 40m for charity because his parents cared about people.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
I just do it for family and charity.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
PEOPLE trust charities more than they did three years ago but still think that they spend too much on salaries.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
So I decided to set up the charity to try and help.
The Sun (2010)
The couple joined the New York charity set and jetted around the world.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
In an effort to save them from being forced into crammed orphanages, the charities are setting up a tracing system to help to reunite them.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Quotations
The living need more charity than the deadGeorge ArnoldThe Jolly Old Pedagogue
Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifiethBible: 1 Corinthians
And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three: but the greatest of these is charityBible: 1 Corinthians
Charity. To love human beings in so far as they are nothing. That is to love them as God doesSimone WeilThe New York Notebook
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith; so that I could remove mountains;and have not charity, I am nothingBible: 1 Corinthians
Charity begins at home, but should not end thereThomas FullerGnomologia
Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up... Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.Charity never failethBible: 1 Corinthians
Charity shall cover the multitude of sinsBible: 1 Peter
He gives the poor man twice as much good who gives quicklyPublilius Syrus
Charity begins at home
In other languages
charity
British English: charity /ˈtʃærɪtɪ/ NOUN
A charity is an organization which raises money to help people who are ill, disabled, or poor.
...an AIDS charity.
American English: charity
Arabic: مُؤَسَّسَةٌ خَيْرِيَّة
Brazilian Portuguese: caridade
Chinese: 慈善机构
Croatian: dobrotvorna organizacija
Czech: charita
Danish: velgørenhed
Dutch: liefdadigheidsinstelling
European Spanish: institución benéfica
Finnish: hyväntekeväisyys
French: charité
German: Wohltätigkeitsorganisation
Greek: φιλανθρωπία
Italian: beneficenza
Japanese: 慈善団体
Korean: 자선
Norwegian: veldedighet
Polish: instytucja dobroczynna
European Portuguese: caridade
Romanian: organizație caritabilă
Russian: благотворительное общество
Latin American Spanish: institución benéfica
Swedish: välgörenhet
Thai: การกุศล
Turkish: yardım derneği
Ukrainian: благодійна організація
Vietnamese: tổ chức từ thiện
All related terms of 'charity'
aid charity
A charity is an organization which raises money in order to help people who are sick or very poor , or who have a disability .
charity ball
A ball is a large formal social event at which people dance.
charity sale
a sale in aid of charity
charity shop
A charity shop is a shop that sells used goods cheaply and gives its profits to a charity.
charity toss
a free shot given as a penalty for a foul
charity work
unpaid work, usually fundraising , done in aid of a charity
debt charity
A charity is an organization which raises money in order to help people who are sick or very poor , or who have a disability .
local charity
A charity is an organization which raises money in order to help people who are sick or very poor , or who have a disability .
youth charity
A charity is an organization which raises money in order to help people who are sick or very poor , or who have a disability .
animal charity
A charity is an organization which raises money in order to help people who are sick or very poor, or who have a disability .
cancer charity
A charity is an organization which raises money in order to help people who are sick or very poor , or who have a disability .
charity school
an elementary school , usually funded by charitable persons or organizations, for those unable to pay: a forerunner of the public-school system
charity sector
A particular sector of a country's economy is the part connected with that specified type of industry.
forces charity
A charity is an organization which raises money in order to help people who are sick or very poor , or who have a disability .
housing charity
A charity is an organization which raises money in order to help people who are sick or very poor , or who have a disability .
medical charity
A charity is an organization which raises money in order to help people who are sick or very poor , or who have a disability .
charity donation
A donation is something which someone gives to a charity or other organization.
charity foundation
A foundation is an organization which provides money for a special purpose such as research or charity .
disability charity
A charity is an organization which raises money in order to help people who are sick or very poor , or who have a disability .
education charity
A charity is an organization which raises money in order to help people who are sick or very poor , or who have a disability .
fund a charity
A charity is an organization which raises money in order to help people who are sick or very poor , or who have a disability .
homeless charity
A charity is an organization which raises money in order to help people who are sick or very poor, or who have a disability .
military charity
A charity is an organization which raises money in order to help people who are sick or very poor , or who have a disability .
registered charity
a charity which has officially registered as an organization
run a charity
A charity is an organization which raises money in order to help people who are sick or very poor , or who have a disability .
wildlife charity
A charity is an organization which raises money in order to help people who are sick or very poor , or who have a disability .
Charity Commissioners
(in Britain) members of a commission constituted to keep a register of charities and control charitable trusts
conservation charity
A charity is an organization which raises money in order to help people who are sick or very poor, or who have a disability .
educational charity
A charity is an organization which raises money in order to help people who are sick or very poor , or who have a disability .
environmental charity
A charity is an organization which raises money in order to help people who are sick or very poor , or who have a disability .
found a charity
A charity is an organization which raises money in order to help people who are sick or very poor , or who have a disability .
benefit the charity
A charity is an organization which raises money in order to help people who are sick or very poor , or who have a disability .
contact the charity
A charity is an organization which raises money in order to help people who are sick or very poor, or who have a disability .
mental health charity
A charity is an organization which raises money in order to help people who are sick or very poor , or who have a disability .
animal welfare charity
A charity is an organization which raises money in order to help people who are sick or very poor, or who have a disability .
charity begins at home
If you say charity begins at home , you mean that people should deal with the needs of people close to them before they think about helping others.
domestic violence charity
A charity is an organization which raises money in order to help people who are sick or very poor , or who have a disability .
to give money to charity把钱(錢)捐给(給)慈善团(團)体(體) (bǎ qián juāngěi císhàn tuántǐ)
to raise money for charity为(為)慈善团(團)体(體)募捐 (wèi císhàn tuántǐ mùjuān)
1 (noun)
Definition
an organization set up to provide help to those in need
The National Trust is a registered charity.
Synonyms
charitable organization
fund
a scholarship fund for undergraduate students
movement
trust
endowment
The company gave the Oxford Union a generous £1m endowment.
2 (noun)
Definition
help given to those in need
My mum was very proud. She wouldn't accept charity.
Synonyms
donations
help
relief
famine relief
gift
a gift of $50,000
contributions
assistance
He's been operating the shop with the assistance of volunteers.
hand-out
They depended on handouts from the state.
philanthropy
a retired banker well known for his philanthropy
alms-giving
benefaction
largesse or largess
koha (New Zealand)
Opposites
selfishness
,
meanness
,
stinginess
,
miserliness
3 (noun)
Definition
a kindly attitude towards people
He had no sense of right and wrong, no charity, no humanity.
Synonyms
kindness
We have been treated with such kindness by everybody.
love
a manifestation of his love for his fellow men
pity
He felt a sudden tender pity for her.
humanity
The speech showed great humility and humanity.
affection
She thought of him with affection.
goodness
performing actions of goodness towards the poor
goodwill
compassion
They preach universal kindness and compassion.
generosity
her moral decency and generosity of spirit
indulgence
bounty
The aid organization would not allow such bounty.
altruism
Empathy leads to altruism, caring and compassion.
benevolence
A bit of benevolence from people in power is not what we need.
Agape
fellow feeling
benignity
bountifulness
tenderheartedness
aroha (New Zealand)
Opposites
hatred
,
intolerance
,
malice
,
ill will
Quotations
The living need more charity than the dead [George Arnold – The Jolly Old Pedagogue]Knowledge puffeth up, but charity edifieth [Bible: 1 Corinthians]And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three: but the greatest of these is charity [Bible: 1 Corinthians]Charity. To love human beings in so far as they are nothing. That is to love them as God does [Simone Weil – The New York Notebook]Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith; so that I could remove mountains; and have not charity, I am nothing [Bible: 1 Corinthians]Charity begins at home, but should not end there [Thomas Fuller – Gnomologia]Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up... Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. Charity never faileth [Bible: 1 Corinthians]Charity shall cover the multitude of sins [Bible: 1 Peter]He gives the poor man twice as much good who gives quickly [Publilius Syrus]
proverb
Charity begins at home
Additional synonyms
in the sense of affection
Definition
fondness or tenderness for a person or thing
She thought of him with affection.
Synonyms
fondness,
liking,
feeling,
love,
care,
desire,
passion,
warmth,
attachment,
goodwill,
devotion,
kindness,
inclination,
tenderness,
propensity,
friendliness,
amity (formal),
aroha (New Zealand)
in the sense of altruism
Definition
unselfish concern for the welfare of others
Empathy leads to altruism, caring and compassion.
Synonyms
selflessness,
charity,
consideration,
goodwill,
generosity,
self-sacrifice,
philanthropy,
benevolence,
magnanimity,
humanitarianism,
unselfishness,
beneficence,
charitableness,
greatheartedness,
bigheartedness
in the sense of assistance
Definition
help or support
He's been operating the shop with the assistance of volunteers.