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donate — do‧nate [dəʊˈneɪt ǁ ˈdoʊneɪt] verb [transitive] to give money or something valuable to a person or organization in order to help them: donate something to somebody • Laurance S. Rockefeller donated $21 million to Princeton University for a center … Financial and business terms
Donate — Do nate (d[=o] n[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Donated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Donating}.] [L. donatus, p. p. of donare to donate, fr. donum gift, fr. dare to give. See 2d {Date}.] To give; to bestow; to present; as, to donate fifty thousand dollars to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Donate — de Rome Donate est une sainte martyre chrétienne. Avec Pauline, Rustique, Nominande, Sérotine, Hilarie et leurs compagnes, elle fut martyre à Rome. Elle est fêtée avec ses compagne le 31 décembre[1]. Notes et références ↑ … Wikipédia en Français
donate — meaning ‘to give (money etc.) voluntarily’, is a back formation from donation and spread rapidly from American to British usage: • She could donate certain organs to assist in research or spare part surgery Barbara Pym, 1977 • Some [parks] were… … Modern English usage
donate to — index subscribe (promise) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
donate — 1819, back formation from DONATION (Cf. donation). Related: Donated; donating … Etymology dictionary
donate — present, bestow, *give, confer, afford Analogous words: *grant, accord, award … New Dictionary of Synonyms
donate — [v] make a gift of accord, ante up*, award, bequeath, bestow, chip in*, confer, contribute, devote, dole out*, do one’s part*, feed the kitty*, get in the act*, get it up*, give, give away, grant, hand out, lay on, pass the hat*, present, provide … New thesaurus
donate — ► VERB 1) give (money or goods) to a good cause. 2) allow the removal of (blood or an organ) from one s body for transfusion or transplantation. DERIVATIVES donator noun … English terms dictionary
donate — ☆ donate [dō′nāt΄, dō nāt′ ] vt., vi. donated, donating [back form. < DONATION] to give, esp. to some philanthropic or religious cause; contribute SYN. GIVE donator [dō′nāt΄ər, dō nāt′ər] n … English World dictionary
