N. giving,
bestowal,
bestowment, # donation, presentation, presentment, accordance,
concession,
delivery,
consignment,
dispensation, communication,
endowment,
investment,
investiture,
award,
almsgiving, charity,
liberality,
generosity, gift,
donation, present, cadeau, fairing, free gift,
boon, favor,
benefaction, grant, offering,
oblation, sacrifice,
immolation, lagniappe, pilon, grace, act of grace,
bonus, allowance, contribution,
subscription,
subsidy, tribute,
subvention,
bequest,
legacy,
devise, will,
dotation,
dot,
appanage, voluntary settlement, voluntary conveyance,
amortization,
alms,
largess,
bounty,
dole, sportule|,
donative, help,
oblation,
offertory,
honorarium,
gratuity, peter pence,
sportula, christmas box, easter offering,
vail,
douceur, drink money, pourboire, trinkgeld,
bakshish, fee, consideration,
bribe,
bait, ground bait, peace offering,
handsel, boodle*,
graft, grease*,
blat, giver,
grantor,
donor,
feoffer, settlor
V. deliver, hand, pass, put into the hands of, hand over, make over, deliver over, pass over, turn over, assign dower, present, give away,
dispense, dispose of, give out, deal out, dole out, mete out, fork out, squeeze out, pay, render, impart, communicate,
concede,
cede, yield, part with, shed, cast,
spend, give,
bestow,
confer, grant,
accord,
award,
assign, intrust,
consign, vest in, make a present, allow,
contribute,
subscribe, furnish its quota,
invest,
endow, settle upon,
bequeath, leave,
devise, furnish, supply, help, administer to, afford,
spare, accommodate with, indulge with, favor with, shower down upon,
lavish, pour on, thrust upon,
tip,
bribe, tickle the palm, grease the palm, offer, sacrifice,
immolate Adj. giving, given, allowed, allowable, concessional,
communicable,
charitable,
eleemosynary, sportulary|, tributary,
gratis,
donative Phr. auctor pretiosa facit, ex dono, res est ingeniosa dare
V. be liberal, spend freely, bleed freely, shower down upon, open one's purse strings, spare no expense, give carte blanche
Adj. liberal, free, generous,
charitable,
hospitable,
bountiful,
bounteous, handsome,
unsparing,
ungrudging,
unselfish, open handed, free handed, full handed, open hearted, large hearted, free hearted,
munificent, princely, overpaid
Phr. "handsome is that handsome does"
N. disinterestedness,
generosity,
liberality,
liberalism,
altruism,
benevolence, elevation, loftiness of purpose,
exaltation,
magnanimity,
chivalry, chivalrous spirit,
heroism,
sublimity,
self-denial,
self-abnegation,
self-sacrifice, self-immolation, self- control,
stoicism, devotion,
martyrdom,
suttee, labor of love
V. be disinterested, make a sacrifice, lay one's head on the block, put oneself in the place of others, do as one would be done by, do unto others as we would men should do unto us
Adj. disinterested,
unselfish,
self-denying,
self-sacrificing, self- devoted, generous, handsome, liberal, noble, broad-minded,
noble-minded,
high-minded, princely, great, high, elevated, lofty,
exalted, spirited,
stoical,
magnanimous,
great-hearted,
large-hearted,
chivalrous, heroic,
sublime, unbought,
unbribed, uncorrupted
Phr. non vobis solum
