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Meaning of donation | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
dəʊˈneɪʃən

Definitions

  1. A voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause.
  2. A voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
  3. The act of giving or bestowing; a grant.
  4. The act of giving or bestowing; a grant
  5. Something given to a charity or cause:alms, benefaction, beneficence, charity, contribution, gift, handout, offering, subscription.
  6. to give to a fund etc. He donated $100 to the fund. skenk يَتَبَرَّع дарявам doar darovat schenken donere; forære δωρίζωdonar, hacer una donación annetama دادن؛ بخشیدن lahjoittaa faire don de לִתרוֹם दान करना donirati, darovati adományoz menyumbang láta af hendi rakna, leggja fram donare 寄付する 기부하다 dovanoti, aukoti dāvināt; ziedot derma schenkendonere, gi til veldedige formåldarować بسپنه ور كول، ابښل doar a dona жертвовать darovať podariti donirati donera, skänka บริจาค bağışlamak 捐贈 дарувати...
    etc
  7. a gift of money or goods to a fund or collection. All donations are welcome. skenking تَبَرُّع даряване doação dar die Schenkung donation; gave δωρεάdonación annetus هر چیز اهدایی؛ مبلغ اهدا شده lahjoitus donתרומה दान donacija, poklon adomány sumbangan gjöf, framlag donazione 寄付 기부 dovana, auka dāvinājums; ziedojums dermaan schenkinggave, donasjon darowizna ابښل doação donaţie пожертвование dar prispevek donacija donation, gåva, bidrag การบริจาค bağış 捐款,捐贈物 дар; пожертвування عطیہ vật hiến t...
  8. a giver of a gift or of a part of the body used to replace a diseased part of someone else's body. The new piano in the hall is the gift of an anonymous donor; a kidney donor; a blood donor. skenker مُتَبَرِّع дарител doador dárce der Spender donor; -donor δωρητήςdonante kinkija, doonor اهدا کننده؛ بخششگر lahjoittaja, luovuttaja donateur/-trice; donneur/-euse תורם दाता darovatelj, onaj koji poklanja adományozó, donor penyumbang -gjafi; gefandi donatore, donatrice 寄付者 기증자, 기부자 aukotojas, donor...
  9. donativo, donación, contribución.
  10. The act of giving to a fund or cause.
  11. A gift or grant.
  12. the act of giving, esp to a charity
  13. a contribution
  14. an act or instance of presenting a gift or contribution.

Equivalents

Afrikaans skenking
العربية التبرّع تبرع هبة
Azərbaycanca ianə
Беларуская дар
Български дар
Bosanski dar davana дар
Català donació donatiu
Čeština dar
Cymraeg cyfraniad
Dansk bidrag gave
Deutsch Abgabe Spende
Esperanto donaco
فارسی داشن دهش
Français don donation
Gàidhlig tìodhlac
Galego dádiva doazón
עברית תרומה
हिन्दी दान
Hrvatski dar davana дар
Bahasa Indonesia donasi sumbangan
Italiano donazione
日本語 寄付
한국어 기부금
Kurdî dar don
Lietuvių dovana
Latviešu dāvana
മലയാളം ദാനം സംഭാവന
Bahasa Melayu derma sumbangan
Nederlands schenking
Polski dar darowizna datek donacja
Português doação
Română donație
Српски dar davana дар
Svenska donation
Kiswahili mchango
தமிழ் நன்கொடை
Türkçe bağış

Examples

“They were collecting donations for the elderly at Christmas.”
“And some donation freely to estate On the bless'd lovers.”
“After donation there is an absolute change and alienation of the property of the thing given.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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