donation
an act or instance of presenting something as a gift, grant, or contribution.
a gift, as to a fund; contribution.
Origin of donation
1synonym study For donation
Other words for donation
Other words from donation
- pre·do·na·tion, noun
- self-do·na·tion, noun
- su·per·do·na·tion, noun
Words Nearby donation
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How to use donation in a sentence
Other slightly more enterprising cafés will charge a couple of bucks for each one or ask for a donation to charity.
The group’s first filings, for the 2017 tax year, show no donations to the nonprofit.
Federal Prosecutors Have Steve Bannon’s Murky Nonprofit in Their Sights | by Yeganeh Torbati | August 24, 2020 | ProPublicaIn an email Wednesday to SANDAG board members, Mary Scyocurka, a conservative activist, said Ikhrata should be disciplined for his donation.
One Race Could Make or Break Plans to Overhaul the Region’s Transportation System | Jesse Marx | August 13, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoEyal pointed to live kidney donation, a practice that carries risk and no physical benefit for the donor, but is widely accepted.
Some Volunteers Want To Be Infected With Coronavirus To Help Find A Vaccine. But It Isn’t That Simple. | Kaleigh Rogers (kaleigh.rogers@fivethirtyeight.com) | August 6, 2020 | FiveThirtyEightHis parents, Angela and KC Ahlers, continue to fight for his life and are asking for donations to help with the mounting medical bills to treat him.
Family Told to Let Their Baby Die Instead of Raising Money For His Rare Disease | Health | November 27, 2019 | Health
On Sunday Than Dar held the last of the funeral rites for her husband with a food donation ceremony at a monastery.
Hope and Change? Burma Kills a Journalist Before Obama Arrives | Joshua Carroll | November 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis was before Cassidy entered politics, and the Republican congressman now calls that donation a “youthful indiscretion.”
Mary Landrieu-Bill Cassidy Louisiana Senate Race Heads to a Runoff | Tim Mak | November 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhich is $30 billion less than the largest ever single donation.
How Does Zuckerberg’s Ebola Pledge Measure Up To Other Bigwig Donations? | Nina Strochlic | October 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis is nothing like the million-dollar donation Maher made to the Obama campaign in 2012.
Bill Maher Wants You to Meet—and Beat—Republican John Kline | Eleanor Clift | September 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe 1978 movie Coma explored deep-rooted fears about exploitation and medical advances in organ donation.
‘Persecuted’ Is the Christian Right’s Paranoid Wet Dream | Candida Moss | July 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAndo promised a generous donation in return for information concerning the Kano family.
The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil FenollosaIn the same year he presented the funds of the Society with £100, his last donation.
Art in England | Dutton CookWhatever may be our estimate of the merit or utility of a small donation, the most trifling addition is of some importance.
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II | Francis Augustus CoxMere pecuniary aid, or indeed any other form of donation, is after all a cheap description of charity.
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II | Francis Augustus CoxAccordingly it requires that before attaining this delectable privilege, the “alien” must make a “donation” of ten dollars.
The Modern Ku Klux Klan | Henry Peck Fry
British Dictionary definitions for donation
/ (dəʊˈneɪʃən) /
the act of giving, esp to a charity
a contribution
Origin of donation
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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