donateverb
uk/dəʊˈneɪt/us/ˈdoʊ.neɪt/B2 [ I or T ] to give money or goods to help a person or organization:
An anonymous businesswoman donated one million dollars to the charity.
Please donate generously.
C1 [ T ] to allow some of your blood or a part of your body to be used for medical purposes:
The appeal for people to donate blood was very successful.
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- The Vatican has agreed to donate $80 000 in humanitarian/emergency aid to countries affected by the war.
- Ten pence is donated to charity for every bottle sold.
- The money was donated by an anonymous benefactor.
- Tons of internationally donated food was distributed to the starving peasants.
- She donated a sizeable portion of her riches to children's charities.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Giving, providing and supplying
- accommodate
- accord
- administer
- administration
- assignment
- award
- deliver
- hand sth around
- hand sth back
- hand sth in
- hand sth out
- hand sth over
- invest
- lay
- spare
- step
- step forward
- supplier
- supply
- supply chain
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