benefaction
/ˌbɛnɪˈfakʃ(ə)n
/noun formal
A donation or gift: an exceptional benefaction [mass noun]: take official receipt of such benefaction...
- ‘I was brought up by the country, and I am always thinking of repaying the benefaction with my little contribution,’ Chen said.
- Allowing for inflation, religious benefactions dropped from a total of over £80,000 in 1501-10 to under £2,000 in 1591-1600.
- Refounded in 1602 on the site of the earlier university library, it has since 1604 borne by royal decree the name of the remarkable man whose endowment remains the greatest benefaction ever received by the University of Oxford.
Origin
Mid 17th century: from late Latin benefactio(n-), from bene facere 'do good (to)', from bene 'well' + facere 'do'.
Rhymes
- Indian chickweed
- Indian chocolate
- Indian claim
- Indian club
- Indian cobra
- Indian cock
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- Indian country
- Indian cress
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- Indian cup
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- Indian devil
- Indian elephant
- Indian English
- Indianesque
- Indian fig
- Indian fighter
- Indian file
- Indian fire
- Indian fort
- Indian geranium
- Indian gift
- Indian ginger