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[doh-ney-shuhn]

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noun

an act or instance of presenting something as a gift, grant, or contribution.

a gift, as to a fund; contribution.

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Origin:
1375–1425, for an earlier sense; late Middle English < Latin dōnātiōn- (stem of dōnātiō), equivalent to dōnāt(us), past participle of dōnāre to give (dōn-, stem of dōnum gift, + -ātus -ate¹) + -iōn- -ion

Related forms

pre·do·na·tion, noun

self-do·na·tion, noun

su·per·do·na·tion, noun

Synonyms
2. offering, benefaction, gratuity. See present.

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If our suit is successful and incentives are allowed, it would not create a freewheeling market in bone marrow donation.

When asked for a donation this year s/he earmarked it for a scholarship to replace the lost one.

In this case no donation was needed, as the drug's patent has expired.

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If our suit is successful and incentives are allowed, it would not create a freewheeling market in bone marrow donation.

When asked for a donation this year s/he earmarked it for a scholarship to replace the lost one.

In this case no donation was needed, as the drug's patent has expired.

For donation information, please scroll to bottom of page.

State-legislated programs for the donation of unused drugs have seen limited success.

Reynolds' donation give her the power to appoint an advisory board for the exhibition.

Charitygift allows the visitor to make a donation to a charity as a gift to another person.

And egg donation is becoming an increasingly lucrative way for young women to earn money for college and other expenses.

And they're not interested merely in their donation or the specific program they supported.

It remains the largest donation to a business school.

Your donation will help us continue to inspire people to care about the planet.

Hard times are making tissue donation more appealing.

Thanks for recognizing someone who can think outside of the monetary donation.

However a donation to cover forum expenses would be greatly appreciated.

The donation in cash and food to the nation's food banks would be one of the largest corporate gifts on record.

If you thought making a donation to your alma mater would.

His donation will help fund an expansion of the school's campus, which is set to increase in size by almost one-third.

Almost none of the new material came from public donation.

Programs that permit the donation of good, unused drugs to the needy owe their existence to the lobbying by families of patients.

Any donation would be much appreciated and would contribute to these programs.

Equipment is first evaluated to see if it meets standards for donation to schools and non-profits.

Most religions support organ donation as a charitable act, although some may not condone whole-body donation.

The historically black women's college would take the money-the largest corporate donation in its.

First, the number of women willing to go through the painful donation process limits supplies of human eggs.

Farmers frequently charge a small fee or have a donation box for people who want to enter the circles.

In addition, it will end charity car donation since the voucher would far exceed the tax deduction.

In this case there was the obvious added value of a donation which justified the purchases.

It is unclear why someone making a political donation would want to enter a false name.

Helms, gave to the fund, though the donation amounts were not publicized.

In effect, the giver's donation reflects his confidence in the trustee's willingness to reciprocate.

Read about the trust's work and find out how to make a donation at this site.

Efforts are being made to increase the donation of human organs.

The site's donation page remains reliably available.

The great benefits of bone marrow donation far outweigh the small inconveniences to the donor.

Several comments here seem to miss the fact that corporate food donation is not neutral.

If they believe that, they only have to make a donation.

Shows range from political satire to performance puppetry and admission is by donation.

None of the relatives reported pain during the five-minute donation procedure, and none experienced any complications afterwards.

There are simply too few good candidates for blood donation.

But relatively few couples make such a donation to another.

The cutting edge of management practice is finding ways to maximize the employee's donation above and beyond the wage:.

It's one thing to make a donation because that is, almost by definition, something you can give.

Any self respecting environmentalist wouldn't even purchase gas from them if given a choice, much less make a donation.

Unfounded fears about the organ donation process have stopped many people from signing organ donor cards, a new survey shows.

The pay is so low that my time is essentially a donation.

Visa and others stopped processing donation payments to it.

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World English Dictionary

donation (dəʊˈneɪʃən)

—n
1.	the act of giving, esp to a charity
2.	a contribution

[C15: from Latin dōnātiō a presenting, from dōnāre to give, from dōnum gift]

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Word Origin & History

donation

early 15c., from M.Fr. donation, from L. donationem (nom. donatio), from donare "give as a gift," from donum "gift," from PIE *donum "gift" (cf. Skt. danam "offering, present," O.C.S. dani "tribute," Lith. duonis "gift," O.Ir. dan "gift, endowment, talent"), from base *do-/*de- "to give."

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