donation
/də(ʊ)ˈneɪʃ(ə)n
/noun
1Something that is given to a charity, especially a sum of money: please send your donation of £20 to the Disaster Appeal...
- On Wednesday the school sent a letter to parents asking for donations and the money started to flood in.
- Many of his sponsors doubled their donations, and the money was presented last Friday.
- In addition, our charitable trust provides donations to national and local causes.
Synonyms
gift, contribution, subscription, present, handout, grant, offering, gratuity, endowment;
bestowal, giving;
charity, benefaction, largesse
historical alms
rare donative
1.1 [mass noun] The action of donating something: the donation of carpets, chairs, and cutlery...
- New artefacts are being brought in all the time either by donation or bequest.
- The event saw a brief presentation on eye donation followed by a question and answer session.
- We know that many relatives say no to organ donation simply because they do not know what their loved one would have wanted.
Origin
Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin donatio(n-), from the verb donare, based on donum 'gift'.
Rhymes
- Golconda
- gold
- gold-beater
- gold-beater's skin
- gold beetle
- Goldberg, Arthur Joseph
- Goldberg, Whoopi
- gold brick
- goldbricker
- goldbug
- gold card
- Gold Coast
- gold collar
- gold-colored
- gold-coloured
- gold commissioner
- goldcrest
- gold-digger
- gold-digging
- gold disc
- gold dust
- golden
- golden age
- golden ager
- golden anniversary