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/doʊnˈeɪʃən/ Listen

noun

Donation n.

The act of giving or bestowing; a grant. "After donation there is an absolute change and alienation of the property of the thing given."

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."

(Law) 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.

Donation party, a party assembled at the house of some one, as of a clergyman, each one bringing some present. (U.S.)

Synonyms: Gift; present; benefaction; grant. See Gift.

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... of the prince and heir in January, 1893, was a time of great rejoicing and much ceremony. Offerings were made to the deities day after day, the poor were fed and presents given to the Brahmans. The Rani acknowledged her thankfulness to God by a donation, in the name of her little son, to Christian work, asking that the money be used to support an orphan in the mission to which Dr. ...

— Clara A. Swain, M.D. • Mrs. Robert Hoskins

... of churches. L200 were offered to the Rev. Frederick Miller; but the principles of the independents reject stipends from the state: L500 were, however, lent for the liquidation of the chapel debt—in reality a donation. The congregation were not restrained by the noble example of their minister; and reconciled their consciences to an evasion of their creed, by excuses never long wanting to ...

— The History of Tasmania, Volume I (of 2) • John West

... animals which required no appreciable keep. There was no humbug or hypocrisy about Mr. Glegg; his eyes would have watered with true feeling over the sale of a widow's furniture, which a five-pound note from his side pocket would have prevented; but a donation of five pounds to a person "in a small way of life" would have seemed to him a mad kind of lavishness rather than "charity," which had always presented itself to him as a contribution of small aids, not a neutralizing of misfortune. And Mr. Glegg was just as fond of saving other people's ...

— The Mill on the Floss • George Eliot

... for the building of schools, orphanages, and churches. "Everywhere," he said, "his elevated and generous soul has laboured for the benefit of the world about him; and now he would, by the aid of the Academy, embellish his coronet with a privileged donation to the poet and philanthropist." He concluded by saying that the especial prize for literary morality and virtuous actions would be awarded to him, and that a gold medal would be struck in his honour with the inscription: "Au Jasmin, Poete ...

— Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist • Samuel Smiles

... and last donation you'll ever get from the Salvation Army. Sure, if you got all the money that was to be left to you since I knew you first, you'd be buildin' libraries all over the world like Carnegie to advertise ...

— Duty, and other Irish Comedies • Seumas O'Brien

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