Donation
/dəʊˈneɪʃn/noun
Something you give to help a person or organization.
He made a generous donation to the children's charity.
Often appears as...
- make a donation
- charity donation
noun
An act of giving something as a gift or contribution.
The donation of his wealth to the church was highly appreciated.
Often appears as...
- donation to charity
- donation for cause
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Academic
noun
Something you give to help a person or organization.
He made a generous donation to the children's charity.
Often appears as...
- make a donation
- charity donation
noun
An act of giving something as a gift or contribution.
The donation of his wealth to the church was highly appreciated.
Often appears as...
- donation to charity
- donation for cause
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Charity Use
Usually associated with support for a charity or nonprofit; implies a willingness to help.
She set up a donation page for the animal shelter.
Pro Tip 2/3Voluntary Nature
A donation is given without expecting anything back; it is not a trade.
The donations for the disaster relief are completely voluntary.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Value
People often donate to causes they have personal connections with.
After recovering from illness, he made a donation to the hospital.
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Adam Garone: Healthier...
and we donated every cent of that to the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia, and that represented at the time the single biggest donation they'd ever received. So from that day forward, my life has become about a mustache. Every day -- this morning, I wake up and go, my life is about a mustache.
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How bones make blood -...
Those patients turn to donor registries of volunteers willing to offer their bone marrow. All it takes to be on the registry is a cheek swab to test for a genetic match. And in many cases, the donation itself isn’t much more complicated than giving blood. It’s a way to save someone’s life
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How we must respond to...
maybe they didn't even know they had it. Because you could picture this growing worldwide force of heroes -- let's call them heroes -- who have been through this experience and have a lot to offer the world. Maybe they can offer blood donation, serum donation. But also other tasks,
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Michael Porter: Why...
and that leads to incomes and that leads to charitable donations. That's where all the resources come from. Only business can actually create resources. Other institutions can utilize them to do important work, but only business can create them. And business creates them
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What if a US presidential...
Those groups could use your help and your donations. But if it gets to the point where you feel that you have to take it to the streets, that you're going to have to go outside and demonstrate and march and protest, please do it peacefully.
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Why some people are more...
from volunteering to charitable donations and even altruistic kidney donations. But all of these changes also yield a strange and paradoxical result, which is that even as the world is becoming a better and more humane place, which it is,
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How a Woman's Donated...
I could be a small part of it having been involved with hospitals and children that my body was always ready for donation what she really wanted was to be helpful to medical students to people learning an enemy she really
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The dark side of...
can give you story after story about all of the unsolicited and mostly unwanted donations that always seem to follow a disaster and while it may seem logical that that could help it doesn't and that
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The next species of...
And that, of course, is the reason why all of you are making such generous and wonderful donations to these nice folks. And as you think about that,
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Poachers Try to Capture...
with help from charitable donations maria is building a bespoke rehabilitation center
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Adam Garone: Healthier...
and we donated every cent of that to the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia, and that represented at the time the single biggest donation they'd ever received. So from that day forward, my life has become about a mustache. Every day -- this morning, I wake up and go, my life is about a mustache.
Video examples
How bones make blood -...
Those patients turn to donor registries of volunteers willing to offer their bone marrow. All it takes to be on the registry is a cheek swab to test for a genetic match. And in many cases, the donation itself isn’t much more complicated than giving blood. It’s a way to save someone’s life
Video examples
How we must respond to...
maybe they didn't even know they had it. Because you could picture this growing worldwide force of heroes -- let's call them heroes -- who have been through this experience and have a lot to offer the world. Maybe they can offer blood donation, serum donation. But also other tasks,
Video examples
Michael Porter: Why...
and that leads to incomes and that leads to charitable donations. That's where all the resources come from. Only business can actually create resources. Other institutions can utilize them to do important work, but only business can create them. And business creates them
Video examples
What if a US presidential...
Those groups could use your help and your donations. But if it gets to the point where you feel that you have to take it to the streets, that you're going to have to go outside and demonstrate and march and protest, please do it peacefully.
Video examples
Why some people are more...
from volunteering to charitable donations and even altruistic kidney donations. But all of these changes also yield a strange and paradoxical result, which is that even as the world is becoming a better and more humane place, which it is,
Video examples
How a Woman's Donated...
I could be a small part of it having been involved with hospitals and children that my body was always ready for donation what she really wanted was to be helpful to medical students to people learning an enemy she really
Video examples
The dark side of...
can give you story after story about all of the unsolicited and mostly unwanted donations that always seem to follow a disaster and while it may seem logical that that could help it doesn't and that
Video examples
The next species of...
And that, of course, is the reason why all of you are making such generous and wonderful donations to these nice folks. And as you think about that,
Video examples
Poachers Try to Capture...
with help from charitable donations maria is building a bespoke rehabilitation center
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LeSean McCoy
American Football Player
I do things - whether it's donations or events for good causes or giving back to my community - for the right reason: because I want to. Because it's the best thing to do. I wanna help someone else out. As far as all the attention for it, that's cool if I get it, but I'm not doing it for that reason. Stuff like that doesn't really phase me.
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Mark Zuckerberg
American Businessman
Facebook is really about communicating and telling stories... We think that people can really help spread awareness of organ donation and that they want to participate in this to their friends. And that can be a big part of helping solve the crisis that's out there.
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Steven Cojocaru
Canadian Critic
The gift that has been given to me says much about our capacity for great compassion and generosity, and I hope it sends an inspiring message to others about the importance of organ donation.
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Richard Rawlings
American Celebrity
Vehicle donation programs have existed forever, but the typical model loses a lot. There had to be a place to store them, people who could only go out so far regionally to pick them up.
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Ayelet Shaked
Israeli Politician
Every country, every donation is a different case, and there are many cases where NGOs are getting support from foreign countries for good purposes.
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Alexandra Elbakyan
Kazakhstani Activist
I have a lot of supporters but they are not well organized. They send me donations but for the most part, their commitment is not really serious.
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Andy Cole
English Athlete
Transplant is a life-changing 'experience. Organ donation transforms lives. It is torture for you, torment for you as an individual in need.
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Harshvardhan Rane
Indian Actor
People used to call me for donations, and I couldn't relate to that because I have spent most of my life trying to support myself.
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Ha Ha Clinton-Dix
American Athlete
I was once that kid that needed a donation - that needed help to go to camp because my mom wasn't able to pay for it.
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Hannah Teter
American Athlete
I think people forget that it doesn't take a big donation to help someone, just a lot of little donations.
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LeSean McCoy
American Football Player
I do things - whether it's donations or events for good causes or giving back to my community - for the right reason: because I want to. Because it's the best thing to do. I wanna help someone else out. As far as all the attention for it, that's cool if I get it, but I'm not doing it for that reason. Stuff like that doesn't really phase me.
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Mark Zuckerberg
American Businessman
Facebook is really about communicating and telling stories... We think that people can really help spread awareness of organ donation and that they want to participate in this to their friends. And that can be a big part of helping solve the crisis that's out there.
Quote examples
Steven Cojocaru
Canadian Critic
The gift that has been given to me says much about our capacity for great compassion and generosity, and I hope it sends an inspiring message to others about the importance of organ donation.
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Richard Rawlings
American Celebrity
Vehicle donation programs have existed forever, but the typical model loses a lot. There had to be a place to store them, people who could only go out so far regionally to pick them up.
Quote examples
Ayelet Shaked
Israeli Politician
Every country, every donation is a different case, and there are many cases where NGOs are getting support from foreign countries for good purposes.
Quote examples
Alexandra Elbakyan
Kazakhstani Activist
I have a lot of supporters but they are not well organized. They send me donations but for the most part, their commitment is not really serious.
Quote examples
Andy Cole
English Athlete
Transplant is a life-changing 'experience. Organ donation transforms lives. It is torture for you, torment for you as an individual in need.
Quote examples
Harshvardhan Rane
Indian Actor
People used to call me for donations, and I couldn't relate to that because I have spent most of my life trying to support myself.
Quote examples
Ha Ha Clinton-Dix
American Athlete
I was once that kid that needed a donation - that needed help to go to camp because my mom wasn't able to pay for it.
Quote examples
Hannah Teter
American Athlete
I think people forget that it doesn't take a big donation to help someone, just a lot of little donations.
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