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Grammar : Noun |
Spell : doh-ney-shuhn |
Phonetic Transcription : doʊˈneɪ ʃən |
Definition of donation
Origin :- early 15c., from Old French donacion (13c.), from Latin donationem (nominative donatio) "a presenting, giving," noun of action from past participle stem of donare "give as a gift," from donum "gift," from PIE *donum "gift" (cf. Sanskrit danam "offering, present," Old Church Slavonic dani "tribute," Lithuanian duonis "gift," Old Irish dan "gift, endowment, talent," Welsh dawn "gift"), from root *do- "to give" (see date (n.1)).
- noun gift
- Then if it sends the petition this year you will give the donation, I suppose?
- Extract from : « A Hungarian Nabob » by Maurus Jkai
- We wondered that our honoured lord, your nephew, went not up with the donation this day.'
- Extract from : « Alroy » by Benjamin Disraeli
- I cannot describe the joy I had in God when I received this donation.
- Extract from : « The Life of Trust: Being a Narrative of the Lord's Dealings With George Mller » by George Mller
- The State of Alabama, in which it was placed, gave it an annual donation.
- Extract from : « From Slave to College President » by Godfrey Holden Pike
- He wound up, of course, by telling of this donation from an unknown well-wisher.
- Extract from : « The Faith Doctor » by Edward Eggleston
- But for that donation even the work horses must have succumbed.
- Extract from : « The Wind Before the Dawn » by Dell H. Munger
- This donation seems not to have been recorded in the books of the home.
- Extract from : « Fighting the Traffic in Young Girls » by Various
- A donation of $15,000 has also been received by this school.
- Extract from : « The Deaf » by Harry Best
- Mr. Elschild had persisted that his donation was entirely a voluntary one.
- Extract from : « The Sins of Sverac Bablon » by Sax Rohmer
- Regarding the facts of his donation to the fund he had vouchsafed no word to Zoe.
- Extract from : « The Sins of Sverac Bablon » by Sax Rohmer
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