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largess
[
lahr-
jes
,
lahr
-jis
]
Example Sentences
lar·gess
/
lɑrˈdʒɛs
,
ˈlɑr
dʒɪs
/
Show Spelled
[
lahr-
jes
,
lahr
-jis
]
Show IPA
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;
Middle English
largesse
<
Old French;
see
large
,
-ice
Can be confused:
large
,
largess
.
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Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
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But there is no consensus on erasing the legacy of deregulation that the company's political
largess
helped forge.
He survives only on the
largess
of his corporate sponsors.
It can only exist until the voters discover than they can vote themselves
largess
from the public treasury".
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But there is no consensus on erasing the legacy of deregulation that the company's political
largess
helped forge.
He survives only on the
largess
of his corporate sponsors.
It can only exist until the voters discover than they can vote themselves
largess
from the public treasury".
It is the unethical and self-serving legislators who accept the lobbyist money and
largess
that are the problem.
Computer science has traditionally been richly funded by government
largess
.
White's day, but the city does bestow occasional
largess
on those who pay attention.
Whatever the case, a number of colleges will benefit from the governor's
largess
.
Fed also by government
largess
and indulgence to mega companies.
Valerocan be attributed to this government
largess
with taxpayer dollars".
But the firm's legendary
largess
took a hit this year.
After all, the government
largess
foisted upon the causes of the.
Joffrey officials said they took the money because they need it and few others offer such
largess
.
Unless you are one of those who benefit from the
largess
of that dominant party, then you are utterly disenfranchised.
If there must be more highways, let them be private and paid for by users, not with federal
largess
.
It can only exist until a majority of voters discover that they can vote themselves
largess
out of the public treasury".
The days of plenty eventually disappeared, but competing demands for the government's
largess
continued.
Whether all this
largess
will be enough to negate the huge economic incentive to poach tigers is moot.
One way to insulate yourself from dubious
largess
is to accept only small tokens of esteem, not decision-clouding munificence.
Get the taxpayer off the hook for public sector retirement plan
largess
.
Even many companies that are geographically removed from the disaster are responding with remarkable
largess
.
Ultimately those poll results reflect peoples
largess
with what is precived as other' money and miserliness with their own.
Whether it takes private industry's
largess
or public-policy initiative to narrow it is still a matter of debate.
Illegals mostly do not pay taxes or social security payments yet often benefit greatly by the
largess
of the taxpayers.
But critics contend that the
largess
has also made communities dependent on central government spending.
Of course large corporations that indulge in tax evasion and who receive federal
largess
are hardly worth pursuing.
Even if it does, though, that may do little to stem the flow of
largess
from lobbyists to state officials.
Haiti now wants to be dependent on colonial
largess
from here to eternity.
Whether such
largess
is found in fashion designers, let alone those who qualify as couturiers, is open to debate.
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Collins
World English Dictionary
largesse
or
largess
(lɑːˈdʒɛs)
—
n
1.
the generous bestowal of gifts, favours, or money
2.
the things so bestowed
3.
generosity of spirit or attitude
[C13: from Old French, from
large
]
largess
or
largess
—
n
[C13: from Old French, from
large
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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