DONATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Act of giving in common with others for a common purpose especially to a charity

Synonyms:

contribution; donation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("donation" is a kind of...):

gift; giving (the act of giving)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "donation"):

subscription (a pledged contribution)

alms (money or goods contributed to the poor)

Derivation:

donate (give to a charity or good cause)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A voluntary gift (as of money or service or ideas) made to some worthwhile cause

Synonyms:

contribution; donation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("donation" is a kind of...):

gift (something acquired without compensation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "donation"):

benefaction (a contribution of money or assistance)

offering (money contributed to a religious organization)

political contribution; political donation (a contribution made to a politician or a political campaign or a political party)

Derivation:

donate (give to a charity or good cause)

Credits

Context examples:

The plasma that is separated from the whole blood and frozen quickly after a blood donation in order to be used for blood transfusions.

(Fresh Frozen Plasma, NCI Thesaurus)

Organ donation: Must a relative donate an organ to a sick relative?

(Medical Ethics, NIH)

You might want to include instructions on: • The use of dialysis and breathing machines • If you want to be resuscitated if your breathing or heartbeat stops • Tube feeding • Organ or tissue donation

(Advance Directives, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

A mobile unit staffed and equipped to collect blood donations for a blood bank.

(Bloodmobile, NCI Thesaurus)

The respectable creature, satisfied with his lot whatever it was, arranged our portmanteaux on the little carriage that was to take us into London, as if they were intended to defy the shocks of ages, and received my modestly proffered donation with perfect tranquillity.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

He did not know that the Transcontinental had been staggering along precariously for years, that it was a fourth-rater, or tenth-rater, without standing, with a crazy circulation that partly rested on petty bullying and partly on patriotic appealing, and with advertisements that were scarcely more than charitable donations.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Most organ and tissue donations occur after the donor has died.

(Organ Donation, Health Resources and Services Administration)

EXAMPLE(S): If blood is taken from 2 people (two donations from one of them), this would be counted as 3 different collections.

(Distinct Product Count, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

It can take months to completely recover the iron and hemoglobin lost from blood donations.