All donation synonyms
do·na·tion
D d noun donation
- help — to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a task or satisfy a need; contribute strength or means to; render assistance to; cooperate effectively with; aid; assist: He planned to help me with my work. Let me help you with those packages.
- grant — to bestow or confer, especially by a formal act: to grant a charter.
- bequest — A bequest is money or property which you legally leave to someone when you die.
- assistance — If you give someone assistance, you help them do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
- handout — a portion of food or the like given to a needy person, as a beggar.
- subsidy — a direct pecuniary aid furnished by a government to a private industrial undertaking, a charity organization, or the like.
- subscription — a sum of money given or pledged as a contribution, payment, investment, etc.
- appropriation — An appropriation is an amount of money that a government or organization reserves for a particular purpose.
- relief — prominence, distinctness, or vividness due to contrast.
- aid — Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
- contribution — If you make a contribution to something, you do something to help make it successful or to produce it.
- charity — A charity is an organization which raises money in order to help people who are sick, very poor, or who have a disability.
- allowance — An allowance is money that is given to someone, usually on a regular basis, in order to help them pay for the things that they need.
- subvention — a grant of money, as by a government or some other authority, in aid or support of some institution or undertaking, especially in connection with science or the arts.
- ration — a fixed allowance of provisions or food, especially for soldiers or sailors or for civilians during a shortage: a daily ration of meat and bread.
- pittance — a small amount or share.
- offering — an act or instance of offering: an offer of help.
- gratuity — a gift of money, over and above payment due for service, as to a waiter or bellhop; tip.
- beneficence — the act of doing good; kindness
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- philanthropy — altruistic concern for human welfare and advancement, usually manifested by donations of money, property, or work to needy persons, by endowment of institutions of learning and hospitals, and by generosity to other socially useful purposes.
- lump — a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal.
- boon — You can describe something as a boon when it makes life better or easier for someone.
- alms — Alms are gifts of money, clothes, or food to poor people.
- benefaction — the act of doing good, esp by giving a donation to charity
- presentation — an act of presenting.
- present — being, existing, or occurring at this time or now; current: increasing respect for the present ruler of the small country.
- write-off — a cancellation from the accounts as a loss.
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- payment — something that is paid; an amount paid; compensation; recompense.
- bestowment — to present as a gift; give; confer (usually followed by on or upon): The trophy was bestowed upon the winner.
- gifting — something given voluntarily without payment in return, as to show favor toward someone, honor an occasion, or make a gesture of assistance; present.
- helping hand — aid; assistance: to give the destitute a helping hand.