noun
definition
A voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause.
example
They were collecting donations for the elderly at Christmas.
definition
The act of giving or bestowing; a grant.
Examples of donations in a Sentence
A few free libraries are supported by donations and subscriptions or charities.
Collecting donations for a charity in the street is a very familiar form of charity fundraising.
Among the first of these benefactions was the great gymnasium of Ptolemy, built in the neighbourhood of the Agora about 250 B.C. Successive princes of the dynasty of Pergamum interested themselves in the adorn western entrance being the well-known Doric portico of Athena Archegetis with an inscription recording its erection from donations of Julius Caesar and Augustus.
The Drapers' Company has given £15,50o towards building a library, in addition to previous donations to the engineering department and the scholarship fund of the college.
Having won popularity by donations to poorer citizens, he took advantage of a festival of Hera, which was being celebrated outside the walls, to make himself master of the city (about 535 B.C.).
Even the reform of taxation carried out in the autumn of 1915 (modification of the inheritance and donations duty and the taxation on insurance policies and legal charges) cannot be regarded strictly as war taxes, as they had been planned a considerable time before the outbreak of the war and had only been delayed by the inability of Parliament to continue its work.
The donations of Pippin and Charlemagne established him as sovereign de facto; the donation of Constantine was to proclaim him as sovereign de jure.
John McIntire (1759-1815), one of the early settlers, provided by will for the maintenance of a school for poor children, and such a school was maintained from 1836 to 1856, when it was transferred to the city school system, annual contributions being made from the fund for poor children; later the McIntire Home was founded, and in 1902 donations to the city school system were discontinued and the entire revenues of the estate devoted to the maintenance of the Home, which is a model of its kind.
Before 1898 there were also donative advowsons, but the Benefices Act 1898 made all donations with cure of souls presentative.
Next to it comes the national museum, founded in 1807 through the donations of Count Stephan Szechenyi, which contains extensive collections of antiquities, natural history and ethnology, and a rich library which, in its manuscript department of over 20,000 MSS., contains the oldest specimens of the Hungarian language.
On that occasion, besides private donations, the British received a grant of the three districts of Burdwan, Midnapur and Chittagong, estimated to yield a net revenue of half a million sterling.
The Omayyads who came to pay their respects to him received large donations.
Over and above the peculiar revenues of local bodies there is the further resource - which emphasizes the subordinate position of local finance - of obtaining supplemental revenue from the central treasury, either by taxes additional to the charges of the state, and collected at the same time; or by donations from its funds, in the shape of grants for special services, or assignments of certain parts of the state's receipts.
All these schools are supported by voluntary subscriptions and, donations, and instruct both boys and girls.
At the coronation of Ferdinand II., when he officiated as grand-standardbearer, he received the order of the Golden Fleece and fresh donations.
Some writers have maintained that this sudden elevation of the most recent member of the Sacred College was due to bribery in the conclave, whilst the apologists of Sixtus affirm it was due to the friendship of the powerful and upright Cardinal Bessarion, and explain that the pope, having been brought up in a mendicant order, was inexperienced and did not appreciate the liberality of his donations after his election.
Gradually, however, the expenses of warfare, liberal donations to the clergy, and the maintenance of numerous and expensive households, compelled them to pledge these dues for sums of ready money.
Private donations and an abundance of volunteer labor helped make the skating rink a success.
Altruistic donations of eggs should be allowed.
The budget was augmented by various donations.
Often membership organizations bootstrap from donations, although often membership orgs don't pay their own way.
This way, no political parties will have to depend on donations, dubious loans or alleged bribery for their election activities.
Family flowers only please, if desired donations for Newark & District Hospice Aid.
Our SMS based donations application provides charities with the ability to accept donations through the mobile channel.
Describes volunteers or employees of a charity collecting cash donations on the street or door to door.
Patterns of giving Amount donated The size of charitable donations in the year prior to the survey ranged from £ 2 to £ 70,000.
In-kind donations We are more than happy to receive in-kind donations, which can be a rewarding way of making a difference.
Auction donations are an everyday way to raise money, complementing your current fundraising efforts.
Donations with high titre antibodies may be a suitable resource for blood grouping reagents.
Most of the server hardware on which the service runs is provided by donations from Sun Microsystems.
So far the couple has raised more than £ 1,000 for the Darlington-based hospice, mostly thanks to generous donations from friends and family.
Donations for wearing mufti together with the sale of special laces raised £ 327 for the RNLI.
Donations can be made at the Trust office, or you can set up a standing order to make regular donations to the Trust.
We get donations from many organizations that are not pharmaceutical companies.
An approach to Ryanair regarding O'Leary's charitable donations just receives a rebuff.
We may now reclaim tax on donations of any amount, provided that the donor has paid sufficient Income Tax to cover the claim.
The Silver Trust is a registered charity and relies on donations to continue its work in promoting the art of British silversmiths.
There will also be a tombola stall; donations of prizes will be most welcome.
Angela Roden, Christie's Director of Appeals, thanked the runners for their " wonderful donations and amazing stamina " .
Telethon campaign reaches all-time high Student callers secured the highest amount of donations to date in the recent spring telethon campaign reaches all-time high Student callers secured the highest amount of donations to date in the recent spring telethon for the Edinburgh Fund.
He seemed tireless in his work for HAT and in his pursuit of donations.
The vast majority of our income comes from donations made by members of the congregation or other well-wishers.
Her democracy was respected by the Macedonian kings; the rulers of Egypt, Syria, and especially of Pergamum, courted her favour by handsome donations of edifices and works of art, to which the citizens replied by unbecoming flattery, even to the extent of creating new tribes named after their benefactors.
The Old English "books" are derived in a roundabout way from Roman models, and the tribal law of real property was deeply modified by the introduction of individualistic notions as to ownership, donations, wills, rights of women, &c. Yet in this respect also the Norman Conquest increased the store of Roman conceptions by breaking the national isolation of the English Church and opening the way for closer intercourse with France and Italy.
An approach to Ryanair regarding O'Leary 's charitable donations just receives a rebuff.
All donations will be accounted for through the Accounts Receivable module.
We don't receive any government funding, and are totally reliant on donations and fundraising events for our income.
We rely on donations made to the center, without which we could not operate.
Spirit Aid relies solely on the goodwill and donations of its supporters.
For over 24 years, we have relied entirely on private donations to fund our work.