donation
UK/dəʊˈneɪʃən//doʊˈneɪʃən/
donation noun: a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause.
Noun
donation (plural donations)
- A voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause.
- They were collecting donations for the elderly at Christmas.
- And some donation freely to estate
On the bless'd lovers.1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
- The act of giving or bestowing; a grant.
- After donation there is an absolute change and alienation of the property of the thing given.1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London
donation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
donation in Hindi
- a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
- दान dān
donation in Tamil
- a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
- நன்கொடை naṉkoṭai
donation in Marathi
- a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause
- दान dān
donation in Urdu
- donation, gift
- اتار utār
More languagesFewer languages
- donation in Bengali
- চাঁদা cãda
- donation in Telugu
- చందా candā, విరాళము virāḷamu
- donation in Malayalam
- സംഭാവന sambhāvana, ദാനം dānaṁ
- donation in Kannada
- ಕುಡುಗೆಯ್ತ, ದಾನ, ಕೊಡುಗೆ, ದತ್ತಿ
- donation in Punjabi
- ਦਾਨ
- donation in Odia
- ବିସର୍ଗ bisarga
- donation in Sanskrit
- दक्षिणा dakṣiṇā, दान dāna
- donation in Arabic
- تَبَرُّع tabarruʕ, هِبَة hiba
- donation in Malay
- sumbangan, derma
- donation in Indonesian
- sumbangan, donasi
- donation in Persian
- دهش daheš, داشن dâšan
- donation in Vietnamese
- sự tặng
Examples of donation in a sentence
- The donation will keep our business afloat for quite a while.
- I made some donations to the charity, not in money, but in kind, such as non-perishable food.
- We summed up the donations and found that we had just enough to pay the bills.
Forms of donation
| plural | donations |
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Origin of donation
From Middle English donacion, donation, from Middle French donation, from Latin dōnātiō (“a present”), from dōnō (“to give”), from dōnum (“a gift”). Recorded in English since the 15th century. Equivalent to donate + -ion.
Words formed from donation
Words that rhyme with donation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about donation
- What does donation mean?
- Donation means a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause.
- What is donation in Hindi?
- Donation in Hindi is दान (dān). See Donation meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is donation?
- Donation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce donation?
- Donation is pronounced /dəʊˈneɪʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of donation?
- The plural of donation is donations.
Words near donation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: donation (page history and authors); اتار (Urdu) (page history and authors); চাঁদা (Bengali) (page history and authors); donation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); donation (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ବିସର୍ଗ (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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