Donation

Noun

 * 1) A voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause.

Adjectives for Donation
generous; ample; munificent.

Synonyms for Donation
grant, gratuity, endowment, benefaction, benefit, gift, bequest, bounty, contribution, charity, alms, present, provision, subscription.

Related terms

 * donate

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

Pronunciation

 * dōn-ā'shən,, /d@U"neIS@n/

Etymology
From donation, from  dōnātiō (a presenting), from dōnāre (to give), from dōnum (a gift). Used in English since the 15th century.

Translations

 * Albanian: dhurim
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: նվիրատվություն (nviratvut'yun)
 * Azerbaijani: bağışlama
 * Bulgarian: дарение (darenie), дар (dar) , подаряване (podarjavane)
 * Catalan: donació
 * Chinese:
 * Simplified characters: 捐赠 (juān-zèng)
 * Traditional characters: 捐贈 (juān-zèng)
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: annetamine
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian: შენაწირი (šenaciri)
 * German: ,
 * Greek: δωρεά, συνεισφορά  , εισφορά
 * Hebrew: תרומה (truma)
 * Hindi: दान (dāna)
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: sumbangan
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 寄付 (きふ, kifu)
 * Korean: 기부금 (gi-bu-gǔm)
 * Latvian: dāvana
 * Malayalam: സംഭാവന (sambhaavana), ദാനം (daanam)
 * Marathi: दान (dāna)
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:, darowizna
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: donaţie, donaţii f plural
 * Russian:
 * Sanskrit: दान (dāna)
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian:
 * Slovak: datek, darowizna
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: చందా (chamdaa), విరాళము (viraalamu)
 * Turkish: bağişlama
 * Uyghur: iane
 * Vietnamese: sự tặng
 * Welsh: cyfraniad
 * Yiddish: (beyshteier)

Etymology
From donationem (accusative of donatio).

Noun

 * 1) donation

Related terms

 * don
 * donner

Noun

 * 1) donation