donation

n. gift, contribution

Donation is a gift to a fund or cause, typically for charitable reasons. A donation may take various forms, including cash, services, clothing, toys, food, accommodation, blood or new or used items. Charitable gifts of goods or services are also called gifts in kind.
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Noun
1. a voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause
(synonym) contribution
(hypernym) gift
(hyponym) benefaction
(derivation) donate
2. act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity
(synonym) contribution
(hypernym) giving, gift
(hyponym) subscription
(derivation) donate

n. donation, gift, benefaction; contribution; benevolence, charity, dole; settlement

(n.)
The act or contract by which a person voluntarily transfers the title to a thing of which be is the owner, from himself to another, without any consideration, as a free gift.
  

(n.)
The act of giving or bestowing; a grant.
  

(n.)
That which is given as a present; that which is transferred to another gratuitously; a gift.