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单词 donation
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donationn.

/dəʊˈneɪʃən/
Etymology: < French donation, < Latin dōnātiōn-em, noun of action < dōnāre to present.
1.
a. The action or faculty of giving or presenting; presentation, bestowal; grant.
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the mind > possession > giving > [noun]
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c1425 Wyntoun Cron. v. xii. 1207 Ðe kyng..Mad til Saynct Serf donatyowne Of þat Inch.
c1525 (title) A Treatyse of the donation or gyfte and endowment of possessyons, gyuen and graunted vnto Sylvester pope of Rhome, by Constantyne.
1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lxii. 149 The grace of Baptisme commeth by donation from God alone.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xii. 69 That right we hold By his donation . View more context for this quotation
1894 J. T. Fowler in St. Adamnan Vita S. Columbae Introd. 65 Who..made to him a donation of the island of Iona.
b. spec. The action or right of bestowing or conferring a benefice; the ‘gift’.
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society > faith > worship > benefice > advowson > [noun]
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1540 Act 32 Hen. VIII c. 44 The aduouson, donacion and presentacion of the said vicarage shall apperteyn..to the kynges hyghnesse.
1735 J. Swift Humble Addr. to Parl. in Wks. IV. 230 Many principal Church Livings, are in the Donation of the Crown.
1785 W. Paley Moral & Polit. Philos. (1818) II. 222 The offices in the donation of the king.
2. Law. The action or contract by which a person transfers the ownership of a thing from himself to another, as a free gift.
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society > law > transfer of property > types of transfer > [noun] > transference without consideration
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donation1651
1651 W. G. tr. J. Cowell Inst. Lawes Eng. 106 In Lands..A Feoffment is of a Fee simple to the Donee or Feoffee, and a Donation or Gift is of an Estate taile.
1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. (1793) iii. 264 King William, queen Mary, and queen Anne, did not take the crown by hereditary right or descent, but by way of donation or purchase, as the lawyers call it.
1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) I. 5 A feud was a tract of land held by a voluntary and gratuitous donation, on condition of fidelity and certain services.
3. That which is presented; a gift.
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the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [noun]
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bestowment1837
potlatch1844
prez.1919
Harry Freeman's1925
pressie1933
1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. III. v. vi. sig. Kkkk.iiij/1 They had a donation giuen vnto ech of them as it were a pledge or earnest.
1629 W. Prynne Church of Englands Old Antithesis 82 It makes..all other graces..not the meere donations or free gifts of God.
1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. III. 38 All the gifts and donations..amounted to no more than six thousand ducats.
1895 Daily News 5 Dec. 3/6 The commissioners had anticipated that the donations would fall off.

Compounds

donation act n. U.S. (see quot.)
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1894 Congr. Rec. 17 July 7572/2 Certain lands disposed of under the act of Congress approved Sept. 27, 1850, and the acts amendatory and supplemented thereto,..commonly known as the ‘donation act’.
donation-governor n. a person constituted a governor of an institution in consideration of a donation to its funds.
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1894 Daily News 13 July 7/4 Preference to candidates recommended by a Donation Governor.
donation party n.
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1845 S. Judd Margaret ii. v. 290 One day there was a donation party at our house.
1860 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 3) Donation Party, a party consisting of the friends and parishioners of a country clergyman assembled together, each individual bringing some article..as a present to him..also called a giving party.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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