DONATION

contribution, donation

(noun) act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity

contribution, donation

(noun) a voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

donation (plural donations)

A voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause.

The act of giving or bestowing; a grant.

Anagrams

• D'Antonio, Dantonio, nodation

Source: Wiktionary


Do*na"tion, n. Etym: [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)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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