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Gift-Aid

Gift-Aid verb: to declare (a charitable donation that one is making) as eligible for Gift Aid.

Verb

Gift-Aid (third-person singular simple present Gift-Aids, present participle Gift-Aiding, simple past and past participle Gift-Aided)

  1. (UK, transitive) To declare (a charitable donation that one is making) as eligible for Gift Aid.
    • What is even better is when couples decide in advance what they can afford to give to people who need help, and make sure their giving is tax efficient by Gift-Aiding it.2007, Andrew Body, Growing together: the course: a complete marriage preparation programme

Forms of Gift-Aid

third-person singular presentGift-Aids
present participleGift-Aiding
past participleGift-Aided
pastGift-Aided

Questions about Gift-Aid

What does Gift-Aid mean?
Gift-Aid means to declare (a charitable donation that one is making) as eligible for Gift Aid.
What part of speech is Gift-Aid?
Gift-Aid is a verb.
What is the past tense of Gift-Aid?
The past tense of Gift-Aid is Gift-Aided.

Words near Gift-Aid in the dictionary

  1. gift tokens
  2. gift voucher
  3. gift vouchers
  4. gift wrap
  5. gift wraps
  6. Gift-Aid
  7. Gift-Aided
  8. Gift-Aiding
  9. Gift-Aids
  10. gift-giving
  11. gift-wrap

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