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–noun

1.	generous bestowal of gifts.

2.	the gift or gifts, as of money, so bestowed.

3.	Obsolete. generosity; liberality.

Also, lar·gesse.

[Origin: 1175–1225; ME largesse < OF; see large, -ice

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lar·gess also lar·gesse Audio Help (lär-zhěs', -jěs', lär'jěs') Pronunciation Key
n.

1. Liberality in bestowing gifts, especially in a lofty or condescending manner.
2. Money or gifts bestowed.
Generosity of spirit or attitude.

[Middle English largesse, from Old French, from large, generous, from Latin largus.]

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largess
noun
1.	a gift or money given (as for service or out of benevolence); usually given ostentatiously
2.	liberality in bestowing gifts; extremely liberal and generous of spirit [syn: munificence]

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Largess

Fool"-lar*gesse`\, n. [See Fool-large, Largess.] Foolish expenditure; waste. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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Largess

Lar"gess\, Largesse \Lar"gesse\, n. [F. largesse, fr. large. See Large, a.]

1. Liberality; generosity; bounty. [Obs.]

Fulfilled of largesse and of all grace. --Chaucer.

2. A present; a gift; a bounty bestowed.

The heralds finished their proclamation with their usual cry of "Largesse, largesse, gallant knights!" and gold and silver pieces were showered on them from the galleries. --Sir W. Scott.

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