'Donation' definitions:
Definition of 'donation'
From: WordNet
noun
A voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause [syn: contribution, donation]
noun
Act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity [syn: contribution, donation]
Definition of 'Donation'
From: GCIDE
- Donation \Do*na"tion\, n. [L. donatio; cf. F. donation.]
- 1. The act of giving or bestowing; a grant. [1913 Webster]
- After donation there is an absolute change and alienation of the property of the thing given. --South. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is given as a present; that which is transferred to another gratuitously; a gift. [1913 Webster]
- And some donation freely to estate On the bless'd lovers. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (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. --Bouvier. [1913 Webster]
- Donation party, a party assembled at the house of some one, as of a clergyman, each one bringing some present. [U.S.] --Bartlett.
- Syn: Gift; present; benefaction; grant. See Gift. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'donation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accommodation,
- accordance,
- aid,
- allotment,
- allowance,
- alms,
- alms fee,
- appropriation,
- assistance,
- award,
- awarding,
- benefaction,
- beneficence,
- bequest,
- bestowal,
- bestowment,
- charity,
- collection,
- communication,
- concession,
- conferment,
- conferral,
- contribution,
- deliverance,
- delivery,
- dole,
- donative,
- endowment,
- furnishment,
- gift,
- gifting,
- giving,
- grant,
- granting,
- handout,
- help,
- impartation,
- impartment,
- investiture,
- largesse,
- liberality,
- offer,
- offering,
- offertory,
- philanthropy,
- pittance,
- present,
- presentation,
- presentment,
- provision,
- ration,
- relief,
- subscription,
- subsidy,
- subvention,
- supplying,
- surrender,
- tithe,
- votive offering,
- vouchsafement